Tsukamurella inchonensis isolated from catheter of an Ecuadorian patient with hemodialysis

Zurita Jeannete; Noriega Ana; Pirela Oscar; Ariane Paz Y Miño; González Cecibel; María Belén Solís

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01494

Tsukamurella inchonensis isolated from catheter of an Ecuadorian patient with hemodialysis

IDCases. 2022 Mar 31:28:e01494. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01494. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Zurita Jeannete^{1

2}, Noriega Ana³, Pirela Oscar³, Ariane Paz Y Miño¹, González Cecibel¹, María Belén Solís¹

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador.
² Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
³ Renal Center, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Ecuador.

Abstract

We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by Tsukamurella inchonensis, identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a patient with arterial hypertension for 20 years and chronic kidney disease in hemodialysis since 08/07/2019. To our knowledge, this is the first case of T. inchonensis in Ecuador.

Keywords: Bacteremia; Central-line associated bloodstream infection; Hemodyalisis; Tsukamurella.

Publication types

Case Reports