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FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 3, Pages 296-305Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00513.x
Keywords
genus Dietzia; emerging pathogen; opportunistic pathogen; actinomycetes; mycolic acids
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The genus Dietzia has only been established fairly recently. The Gram morphology and colony appearance of the species of this genus is remarkably similar to Rhodococcus equi. In the absence of simple, accurate methods for their identification, Dietzia spp. might have been misidentified as a Rhodococcus spp. and/or considered to be contaminants only. This MiniReview is designed to summarize current evidence on the clinical significance of Dietzia species, to consider their potential role as human pathogens, and to outline approaches that can be used to accurately classify and identify members of the genus, with the overall aim of alerting the medical microbiological community to a little known genus that contains clinically significant organisms.
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