Department of Microbiology, Manipal Hospital, Delhi, India.
Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, SRCC Children's Hospital, Narayana Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020 Apr-Jun;38(2):226-228. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_292.
Brevibacteria are a part of the normal skin flora and may be dismissed in blood cultures as contaminants. They have been reported as opportunistic pathogens in immunocompromised patients. We report a catheter-related bloodstream infection with Brevibacterium casei in a 6-year-old child with aplastic anaemia. Treatment with appropriate antibiotics along with the removal of the catheter resulted in complete cure in our patient.
短杆菌是正常皮肤菌群的一部分,在血液培养中可能被视为污染菌而被忽略。它们已被报道为免疫功能低下患者的机会性病原体。我们报告了一例 6 岁再生障碍性贫血患儿发生与短杆菌属有关的导管相关性血流感染。适当的抗生素治疗和导管的移除使我们的患者得到了完全治愈。