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Abstract

spp. are Gram-positive rods that are recognized to cause opportunistic diseases under certain predisposing clinical conditions. Some species have been described in urinary tract infections. In this report we document a new episode of urinary tract infection caused by and describe the whole-genome sequencing, phenotypic characteristics and mass spectra obtained by matrix-assisted desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Based on genome identification and DNA-to-DNA hybridization, we can assume that our strain is the second isolate of to be described in a urine sample. No other infectious diseases have been reported to be associated with this species.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Award 20020170100109BA)
    • Principle Award Recipient: CarlosA. Vay
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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