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Isolates identified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Turicella otitidis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                    :45) by VITEK 2 Compact and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Corynebacterium mucifaciens<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                    :1) by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), isolated from blood and catheter cultures between 2015 and 2017 were included in the study. For identification of the isolates, conventional tests and 16S rDNA sequence analysis were performed. Antibiotic susceptibilities of the isolates were determined by Etest. The isolates identified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. otitidis<\/jats:italic>\n                    with VITEK 2 Compact could not be identified by MALDI-TOF MS and described as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. mucifaciens<\/jats:italic>\n                    \/\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Corynebacterium afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. One isolate identified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. mucifaciens<\/jats:italic>\n                    by MALDI-TOF MS could not be identified with VITEK 2 Compact and described as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. mucifaciens<\/jats:italic>\n                    by 16S rDNA sequence analysis and conventional methods. All isolates (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                    :45) described as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. mucifaciens<\/jats:italic>\n                    \/\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. by 16S rDNA sequence analysis were identified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    subsp.\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    with conventional methods. All 45 isolates identified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    subsp.\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    were resistant to penicillin, erythromycin, and clindamycin and were susceptible to vancomycin and daptomycin, whereas 31 (69%) were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SXT). The isolate identified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. mucifaciens<\/jats:italic>\n                    was susceptible to penicillin, vancomycin, daptomycin, and TMP-SXT; it was resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin. In this study, we reported 45\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolates misidentified as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. otitidis<\/jats:italic>\n                    in routine laboratory processes. To our knowledge, this is the first study to include the highest number of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. afermentans<\/jats:italic>\n                    blood isolates.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1089\/mdr.2020.0039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,7]],"date-time":"2021-01-07T15:43:55Z","timestamp":1610034235000},"page":"919-923","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Comparison of Conventional Methods, Automated Systems, and DNA Sequence Analysis Methods in the Identification of\n                    <i>Corynebacterium afermentans<\/i>\n                    and\n                    <i>Corynebacterium mucifaciens<\/i>\n                    Bacteria Isolated from Blood and Catheter Culture Samples"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Serpil","family":"\u00d6lmez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Y\u00fcksekova State Hospital, Hakkari, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u00d6zlem","family":"Tuncer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mehmet","family":"Parlak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Y\u00fcz\u00fcnc\u00fc Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Asiye","family":"B\u0131\u00e7ak\u00e7\u0131gil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nafia Canan","family":"G\u00fcrsoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, In\u00f6n\u00fc University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bar\u0131\u015f","family":"Otlu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, In\u00f6n\u00fc University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H\u00fcseyin","family":"G\u00fcd\u00fcc\u00fco\u011flu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Y\u00fcz\u00fcnc\u00fc Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Banu","family":"Sancak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","first-page":"pp","article-title":"Genus Corynebacterium, Lehmann and Neumann 1896","author":"Funke G.","year":"2012","unstructured":"Funke G., , and Bernard K.A.. 2012. 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