Isolation of Gordonia terrae from a patient with catheter-related bacteraemia

A J Grisold; P Roll; M Hoenigl; G Feierl; R Vicenzi-Moser; E Marth

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.47388-0

Isolation of Gordonia terrae from a patient with catheter-related bacteraemia

J Med Microbiol. 2007 Dec;56(Pt 12):1687-1688. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47388-0.

Authors

A J Grisold¹, P Roll², M Hoenigl¹, G Feierl¹, R Vicenzi-Moser³, E Marth¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Hygiene, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
² Institute for Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria.

PMID: 18033840
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47388-0

Abstract

A cornyeform bacterium was isolated from a blood culture from a 24-year-old man with familial hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy, chronic abuse of anabolic steroids and prior admission to hospital because of clinical signs of sepsis. 16S rRNA gene analysis unambiguously identified Gordonia terrae.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / drug therapy
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Adult
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Catheterization
Gordonia Bacterium / chemistry
Gordonia Bacterium / classification
Gordonia Bacterium / genetics
Gordonia Bacterium / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / analysis
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S