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case_images: Gram-positive rods at 1,000 x magnification from a blood culture bottle sample (Arrow: Y-branched form).
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case_images: F1
case_images: Gram staining from the blood culture bottles revealed Gram-positive rods (GPRs) with Y-branched forms (Fig. 1).
case_images: Grey and smooth colonies on the ABHK agar plates after 48 h incubation. na, not applicable; F, female; M, male; nd, no data; MALDI-TOF-MS, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry; UTIs, urinary tract infections; BBG-01, 
  
  Bifidobacterium breve
  
   strain Yakult; CTRX, ceftriaxione; ABPC/SBT, ampicillin-sulbactam; CLDM, clindamycin; PCG, penicillin G; CPFX, ciplofloxacin; CTX, cefotaxime; CMZ, cefmetazole; CEZ, cefazolin; VCM, vancomycin; MEPM, meropenem; LZD, linezolid; PIPC/TAZ, piperacillin-tazobactam; MNZ, metronidazole. *Positive bottles are not described in the reference.
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case_images: F2
case_images: Tokyo, Japan) and in an aerobic atmosphere supplemented with 5 % CO2 using BBL trypticase soy agar (TSA) with 5 % sheep blood and chocolate II agar LDIP (Becton Dickinson and Company, Sparks, NV, USA). Grey and smooth colonies were observed on the ABHK agar plates after 48 h (Fig. 2). Colonies smaller than those on ABHK agar were found on BBL