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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Research Letter

Sphingobium yanoikuyae Bacteremia, Japan

Yayoi Miyamatsu1, Ryutaro Tanizaki1Comments to Author , and Satoko Yamada
Author affiliation: Ise Municipal General Hospital, Ise, Japan

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Identification of Sphingobium yanoikuyae bacteremia in 89-year-old man, Japan. A) Gram stain of the organisms growing in a blood sample incubated in a BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F Culture Vial (Becton Dickinson, https://www.bd.com). Scale bar is 10 μm. B) Colonies of S. yanoikuyae cultured on Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (Becton Dickinson). C) Gram stain of S. yanoikuyae bacteria from a colony obtained by subculturing positive blood culture fluid on Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood at 35°C in an aerobic environment. Scale bar is 10 μm.

Figure. Identification of Sphingobium yanoikuyae bacteremia in 89-year-old man, Japan. A) Gram stain of the organisms growing in a blood sample incubated in a BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F Culture Vial (Becton Dickinson, https://www.bd.com). Scale bar is 10 μm. B) Colonies of S. yanoikuyae cultured on Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (Becton Dickinson). C) Gram stain of S. yanoikuyae bacteria from a colony obtained by subculturing positive blood culture fluid on Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood at 35°C in an aerobic environment. Scale bar is 10 μm.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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