A rare case of silicone mammary implant infection by Streptomyces spp. in a patient with breast reconstruction after mastectomy : taxonomic characterization using molecular techniques

A Streptomyces sp. isolated from a patient who had had breast reconstruction after a mastectomy was identified at the species level by comparative sequence analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and the hypervariable α-region of the 16S rDNA.