Kocuria rosea Bacteremia in Chronic Kidney Disease Patient: A Rare Case Report

Kocuria sp. may cause bacteremia, peritonitis, brain abscesses, meningitis, endocarditis, and acute cholecystitis in immunocompromised individuals. Recent reports identified Kocuria rosea in bacteremia associated with in dwelling intravenous lines, continuous dialysis fluids etc. We report on the ca...

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Published inJournal of pure & applied microbiology : an international research journal of microbiology Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 1136 - 1138
Main Authors Bala, Rosy, Kaur, Narinder, Gupta, Nitin, Narang, Udit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oriental Scientific Publishing Company 01.09.2021
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
Subjects
Bacteremia
Care and treatment
Cholecystitis
Chronic kidney failure
Disease susceptibility
Endocarditis
Health aspects
immune-compromised
Infection
kocuria rosea
Tazobactam
Tetracycline
Tetracyclines
India
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Summary:Kocuria sp. may cause bacteremia, peritonitis, brain abscesses, meningitis, endocarditis, and acute cholecystitis in immunocompromised individuals. Recent reports identified Kocuria rosea in bacteremia associated with in dwelling intravenous lines, continuous dialysis fluids etc. We report on the case of bacteremia caused by K.rosea, a gram-positive microorganism in a 65-year-old female with a known case of end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. After Piperacillin and Tazobactam antibiotic treatment, the patient got cured of fever and infection. This report presents a rare case of K.rosea bacteremia successfully treated with common antibiotics. Proper identification systems should be there to know the cause of bacteremia. The bacteremia cases with rare organisms should not be ignored.
ISSN:0973-7510
2581-690X
DOI:10.22207/JPAM.15.3.40