Seven Isolates of Actinomyces turicensis from Patients with Surgical Infections of the Anogenital Area in a Czech Hospital

Due to molecular biology techniques such as 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the number of new bacterial species grows continuously. However, this taxonomical reorganization has to be followed by clinical and epidemiological studies. The clinical relevance of Actinomyces turicensis, first identified in 1995 by Wust et al. (5), has not been solved yet. Actinomycetes, as a part of the indigenous microflora of human mucous membranes, may be isolated from...