Bal Zumrut Sahbudak, Sen Semra, Karapinar Deniz Yilmaz, Aydemir Sohret, Vardar Fadil
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
Braz J Infect Dis. 2015 Mar-Apr;19(2):213-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.09.011. Epub 2015 Jan 27.
Brevibacterium spp. are catalase-positive, non-spore-forming, non motile, aerobic Gram-positive rods that were considered apathogenic until a few reports of infections in immunocompromised patients had been published. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of B. casei catheter-related bloodstream infection in a child with acute leukemia. We aim to enhance the awareness of pediatric hematology and infectious disease specialists about this pathogen and review of the literature.
短杆菌属细菌是过氧化氢酶阳性、不形成芽孢、无运动性、需氧的革兰氏阳性杆菌,在几例免疫功能低下患者感染的报告发表之前,一直被认为是无致病性的。据我们所知,这是首例关于干酪短杆菌导致急性白血病患儿发生导管相关血流感染的报告。我们旨在提高儿科血液学和传染病专家对这种病原体的认识并进行文献回顾。