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- Title
Enterococcus casseliflavus Bacteraemia in a Patient with Chronic Renal Disease.
- Authors
Vasilakopoulou, Alexandra; Vourli, Sophia; Siafakas, Nikolaos; Kavatha, Dimitra; Tziolos, Nikolaos; Pournaras, Spyros
- Abstract
Enterococcus casseliflavus is a rare pathogen that usually causes urinary tract and abdominal infections. Its main characteristics are positive motility, yellow colonies and constitutive low-level resistance to vancomycin. We present a case of E. casseliflavus bacteraemia due to thrombophlebitis at the site of the central venous catheter used for hemodialysis in a renal patient. The biochemical identification of the microorganism was further corroborated by molecular detection of the vanC gene. The patient received antibiotic therapy initially with daptomycin and gentamicin, and then with ampicillin and ceftriaxone. The outcome was cure, and he was released from the hospital after seven weeks afebrile with negative blood cultures.
- Subjects
INTRA-abdominal infections; CHRONICALLY ill; BACTEREMIA; URINARY tract infections; ENTEROCOCCUS; CENTRAL venous catheters; ENTEROCOCCAL infections
- Publication
Infectious Disease Reports, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 3, p70
- ISSN
2036-7449
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3390/idr12030015