Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens--an unusual case report of bacteremic pneumonia after lung transplantation

Armelle Ménard; Sébastien Degrange; Olivia Peuchant; Thi Diem Tien Nguyen; Claire Dromer; Jeanne Maugein

doi:10.1186/1476-0711-8-30

Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens--an unusual case report of bacteremic pneumonia after lung transplantation

Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2009 Nov 12:8:30. doi: 10.1186/1476-0711-8-30.

Authors

Armelle Ménard¹, Sébastien Degrange, Olivia Peuchant, Thi Diem Tien Nguyen, Claire Dromer, Jeanne Maugein

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Bactériologie, C,H,U, de Bordeaux, Hôpital Pellegrin et Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. armelle.menard@u-bordeaux2.fr

Abstract

Background: Lung transplant recipients have an increased risk for actinomycetales infection secondary to immunosuppressive regimen.

Case presentation: A case of pulmonary infection with bacteremia due to Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens in a 54-year old man who underwent a double lung transplantation four years previously is presented.

Conclusion: The identification by conventional biochemical assays was unsuccessful and hsp gene sequencing was used to identify Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales / isolation & purification*
Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Heat-Shock Proteins / genetics
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Lung Transplantation / adverse effects
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Heat-Shock Proteins

Associated data

GENBANK/FJ643548
GENBANK/FJ643549