Hickman catheter-related bacteremia caused by Gordonia sputi in a patient with breast cancer

The case of a Hickman catheter-related bacteremia caused by Gordonia sputi in a patient with breast cancer is presented. Blood cultures grew a Gram-positive rod, susceptible to several antimicrobials, subsequently identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as Gordonia sputi. The infection resolved afte...

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Main Authors: Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Antonios Valachis, Efstathia Scoulica, Athanasia Christidou, Sofia Maraki, George Samonis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1770
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