Dolosigranulum pigrum Causing Nosocomial Pneumonia and Septicemia

We report a case of non-ventilator-associated nosocomial pneumonia and septicemia due to Dolosigranulum pigrum, a rare gram-positive opportunistic pathogen. The organism was isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood of a debilitated patient. D. pigrum was identified after 16S rRNA gene se...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 45; no. 10; pp. 3474 - 3475
Main Authors Lécuyer, Hervé, Audibert, Juliette, Bobigny, Astrid, Eckert, Catherine, Jannière-Nartey, Caroline, Buu-Hoï, Annie, Mainardi, Jean-Luc, Podglajen, Isabelle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.10.2007
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Bacteremia - microbiology
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial sepsis
Biological and medical sciences
Case Reports
Cross Infection - microbiology
Dolosigranulum pigrum
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Gram-Positive Cocci - genetics
Gram-Positive Cocci - isolation & purification
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Lung disease
Nosocomial infection
Pneumonia
Respiratory disease
Septicemia
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Summary:We report a case of non-ventilator-associated nosocomial pneumonia and septicemia due to Dolosigranulum pigrum, a rare gram-positive opportunistic pathogen. The organism was isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood of a debilitated patient. D. pigrum was identified after 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Microbiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33 1 56 09 39 51. Fax: 33 1 56 09 24 46. E-mail: isabelle.podglajen@hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01373-07