Lim Yong Kwan, Kweon Oh Joo, Kim Hye Ryoun, Lee Mi-Kyung
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2016 Winter;46(1):83-6.
Leptotrichia is a pencil-shaped Gram-negative rod and is known as an uncommon pathogen of bacteremia in immunocompromised patients. However, because culture and identification of Leptotrichia species is difficult in clinical laboratories, Leptotrichia goodfellowii is grossly underestimated as a human pathogen. In this study, we report a case of L. goodfellowii bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient and review 5 previously reported cases describing infection with L. goodfellowii.
纤毛菌是一种铅笔状的革兰氏阴性杆菌，是免疫功能低下患者中一种不常见的菌血症病原体。然而，由于临床实验室中纤毛菌属的培养和鉴定困难，戈氏纤毛菌作为一种人类病原体被严重低估。在本研究中，我们报告了一例免疫功能正常患者发生戈氏纤毛菌菌血症的病例，并回顾了5例先前报道的描述戈氏纤毛菌感染的病例。
