A Case of Chryseobacterium hominis Isolated from Human Blood Drawn Through Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
Laboratory Medicine Online
;
: 246-248, 2019.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Chryseobacterium hominis is non-fermenting Gram-negative rod that was first identified as a novel species in 2007. Here, we report the first clinical case of C. hominis bacteremia, which was confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. A 16-year-old boy diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was hospitalized for three months. Two sets of blood culture test through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), which was inserted a month ago, was performed when his white blood cell count declined and he had a high fever. Colonies of medium sizes that looked round, mucoid, sticky, and grayish on blood and chocolate agar plates were observed. Identification of bacteria using the VITEK MALDI-TOF MS system (BioMérieux, France) was not successful and the VITEK 2 system (BioMérieux, USA) indicated Sphingomonas paucimobilis, with a questionable level of confidence (92%). However, Microflex LT Biotyper (Bruker Daltonics, Germany) showed C. homins (log score 1.81) and sequence of 16S rRNA showed a 100% identity with C. hominis. Piperacillin-tazobactam was administered since the isolate was susceptible to piperacillin-tazobactam but C. hominis showed growth in the next four follow-up culture of blood drawn through PICC. The fever subsided only after PICC was changed. The clinical prognosis and antimicrobial susceptibility test of C. hominis should be further studied.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Bacteria
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Cacao
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Follow-Up Studies
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Bacteremia
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Genes, rRNA
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Sphingomonas
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Agar
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Chryseobacterium
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Laboratory Medicine Online
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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