Penicillin-resistant Aerococcus viridans Bacteremia Associated with Granulocytopenia
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 113-115, 2002.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-87469
ABSTRACT
Aerococcus viridans, a catalase-negative gram-positive coccus rarely causing bacteremia, was isolated from blood cultures of a 52-yr-old man under the gran-ulocytopenic condition. The isolate showed the typical characteristics of A. viridans, i.e., tetrad arrangements in gram stain, positive pyrrolidonyl aminopeptidase (PYR) and negative leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) reactions, and no growth at 45 degrees C.The isolate was revealed to be highly resistant to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and ceftriaxone, although most strains of A. viridans isolated from the previously reported patients were susceptible to penicillin and other commonly used antibiotics. Even though A. viridans is rarely associated with human infections, it could be a potential causative agent of bacteremia, especially in immunocompromised patients.
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Main subject:
Penicillins
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Streptococcaceae
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Ceftriaxone
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Clindamycin
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Erythromycin
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Bacteremia
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Agranulocytosis
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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