Rahmati Elham, Martin Vanessa, Wong Darren, Sattler Fred, Petterson Jonas, Ward Pamela, Butler-Wu Susan M, She Rosemary C
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and.
Department of Pathology.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 9;4(1):ofw272. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw272. eCollection 2017 Winter.
species are a rarely reported etiology of clinical infection with few cases described in literature. However, the prevalence of infection may be underestimated due to challenges in species identification. We describe 3 cases of species bacteremia and the unique microbiologic aspects inherent to this genus that make it particularly challenging to identify. In addition, given the unique susceptibility profile of species, we discuss the importance of fully identifying this organism when it is a suspected as a pathogen, to optimize therapy based on its distinct antibiotic resistance profile.
该菌种是临床感染中一种罕见报道的病因，文献中描述的病例很少。然而，由于菌种鉴定存在挑战，感染的患病率可能被低估。我们描述了3例该菌种菌血症病例以及该属固有的独特微生物学特征，这些特征使其鉴定极具挑战性。此外，鉴于该菌种独特的药敏谱，我们讨论了在怀疑该生物体为病原体时全面鉴定它的重要性，以便根据其独特的抗生素耐药谱优化治疗。
