Catheter-related bacteremia with endocarditis caused by Kocuria rhizophila

Infect Dis Now. 2021 Feb;51(1):97-98. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2020.09.007. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Authors

A Pierron¹, S Zayet², L Toko¹, P Y Royer¹, P Garnier³, V Gendrin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious diseases, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 100, route de Moval, Trevenans, France.
² Department of Infectious diseases, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 100, route de Moval, Trevenans, France. Electronic address: souhail.zayet@gmail.com.
³ Department of Microbiology, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 100, route de Moval, Trevenans, France.

PMID: 33010354
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2020.09.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Bacteremia; Infective endocarditis; Kocuria rhizophila.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Catheter-Related Infections / drug therapy
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
Catheters / adverse effects
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Echocardiography / methods
Endocarditis / drug therapy
Endocarditis / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
Micrococcaceae / isolation & purification*
Micrococcaceae / pathogenicity
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ceftriaxone

Supplementary concepts

Kocuria rhizophila