Dietzia cinnamea: An increasingly recognized human pathogen

William D Brown; Nina Feinberg; Eleanor Stedman; Jean Dejace; Andrew J Hale

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01539

Dietzia cinnamea: An increasingly recognized human pathogen

IDCases. 2022 Jun 16:29:e01539. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01539. eCollection 2022.

Authors

William D Brown¹, Nina Feinberg¹, Eleanor Stedman², Jean Dejace^{1

2}, Andrew J Hale^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
² University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA.

Abstract

The authors present the case of a bloodstream infection and sepsis due to Dietzia cinnamea in a severely malnourished patient with small bowel obstruction and pelvic abscess. The organism was identified with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The authors discuss the characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and emerging scope of clinical infection caused by Dietzia species.

Keywords: Dietzia; Emerging pathogens; Immunocompromised host; Infectious diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports