Ribosomal RNA Sequence Analysis of Brucella Infection Misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi Infection

Abstract

A Brucella isolate was identified from purulent material collected during a hip surgery. Two previous blood cultures from the same patient yielded Ochrobactrum anthropi . After rRNA sequencing, all the isolates were identified as Brucella species and subsequently serotyped as Brucella suis . Misidentification of Brucella species remains a problem with bacterial identification systems.