Τίτλος:
Enterococcus casseliflavus Bacteraemia in a Patient with Chronic Renal Disease
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Enterococcus casseliflavus is a rare pathogen that usually causes urinary tract and abdominal infections. Its main characteristics are positive motility, yellow colonies and constitutive low-level resistance to vancomycin. We present a case of E. casseliflavus bacteraemia due to thrombophlebitis at the site of the central venous catheter used for hemodialysis in a renal patient. The biochemical identification of the microorganism was further corroborated by molecular detection of the vanC gene. The patient received antibiotic therapy initially with daptomycin and gentamicin, and then with ampicillin and ceftriaxone. The outcome was cure, and he was released from the hospital after seven weeks afebrile with negative blood cultures. © 2020 Page Press Publications. All rights reserved.
Συγγραφείς:
Vasilakopoulou, A.
Vourli, S.
Siafakas, N.
Kavatha, D.
Tziolos, N.
Pournaras, S.
Περιοδικό:
Current Infectious Disease Reports
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
ampicillin; C reactive protein; ceftriaxone; ciprofloxacin; creatinine; dalfopristin; daptomycin; gentamicin; hemoglobin; linezolid; methylprednisolone; procalcitonin; vancomycin, abdominal radiography; aged; anterior vena cava; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic therapy; anticoagulant therapy; antihypertensive therapy; Article; bacteremia; bacterium culture; bacterium isolation; blood culture; case report; chill; chronic kidney failure; chronic obstructive lung disease; clinical article; clinical laboratory; colonoscopy; consultation; coronary artery disease; creatinine blood level; decortication; Enterococcus casseliflavus; fever; heart auscultation; hemodialysis; hospital admission; hospitalization; human; hypertension; internal jugular vein; leukocyte count; lung embolism; male; multiplex polymerase chain reaction; neutrophil count; ophthalmoscopy; physical examination; platelet count; thorax radiography; thrombophlebitis; transluminal coronary angioplasty; university hospital; x-ray computed tomography
