First Case of Bacteremia Caused by Kytococcus schroeteri in a Child With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Dec;37(12):e304-e305. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002014.

Abstract

Kytococcus schroeteri is a commensal organism of the human skin, which may cause serious infections in immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of K. schroeteri bacteremia in a child with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (Bruker Daltonics, Germany). İdentification was confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / complications*
  • Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Micrococcus / isolation & purification*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S