Persistent bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila related to a damaged central catheter

Didier Moissenet; Karsten Becker; Audrey Mérens; Agnès Ferroni; Béatrice Dubern; Hoang Vu-Thien

doi:10.1128/JCM.06038-11

Persistent bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila related to a damaged central catheter

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1495-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06038-11. Epub 2012 Jan 18.

Authors

Didier Moissenet¹, Karsten Becker, Audrey Mérens, Agnès Ferroni, Béatrice Dubern, Hoang Vu-Thien

Affiliation

¹ Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Service de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. didier.moissenet@trs.aphp.fr

Abstract

A case of persistent bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila related to a damaged central venous catheter in a 3-year-old girl with Hirschsprung's disease is reported. The strain was identified as K. rhizophila by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis showed a clonal strain. The repeated septic episodes were resolved with the catheter repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation
Catheters / microbiology
Child, Preschool
Equipment Failure
Female
Humans
Micrococcaceae / genetics*
Micrococcaceae / isolation & purification
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Bacterial / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/JQ272742