Actinotignum schaalii

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Actinotignum schaalii / (Redirected from Actinobaculum schaalii)

Background

Microbiology

  • Small, non-motile, non-spore forming, facultatively anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus
  • Grows slowly on blood agar
  • Previously known as Actinobaculum schaalii
  • Classified within the family Actinomycetaceae, which also includes Arcanobacterium and Trueperella
  • Member of the genitourinary microflora

Epidemiology

Clinical Manifestations

Management

Further Reading

  • Actinotignum schaalii (formerly Actinobaculum schaalii): a newly recognized pathogen—review of the literature. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016;22(1):28-36. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.10.038
  • Clinical and microbiological features of Actinotignum bacteremia: a retrospective observational study of 57 cases. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017;36(5):791–796. doi: 10.1007/s10096-016-2862-y

References

  1. ^  R. Lotte, L. Lotte, R. Ruimy. Actinotignum schaalii (formerly Actinobaculum schaalii ): a newly recognized pathogen—review of the literature. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2016;22(1):28-36. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.10.038.