ABSTRACT
Gordonia bronchialis is an aerobic gram-positive bacilli and also weakly acid fast. It requires a long incubation time and extensive biochemical reactions for identification. Therefore, use of broad-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for amplification of genes such as 16S rRNA or hsp65 followed by sequencing or advanced techniques like MALDI-TOF MS is needed for identification. Here, we present a case of persistent sternal wound infection following open heart surgery, caused by G. bronchialis in a 58 years old male, identified using MALDI-TOF MS-based system. The patient improved with oral Cefpodoxime 200 mg BD for four weeks.
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Actinomycetales Infections , Sternum , Surgical Wound Infection , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Surgical Wound Infection/microbiology , Surgical Wound Infection/drug therapy , Surgical Wound Infection/diagnosis , Sternum/microbiology , Sternum/surgery , Actinomycetales Infections/microbiology , Gordonia Bacterium/genetics , Gordonia Bacterium/isolation & purification , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/adverse effects , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization , Recurrence , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/geneticsABSTRACT
Overall incidence of primary cardiac tumour ranges from 0.0017% and 0.27% at autopsy. Cardiac haemangiomas are rare, and account for 2.8% of benign cardiac tumours. Pericardial haemangiomas, in particular are extremely rare. Pericardial haemangiomas are reported to present with a variety of symptoms such as dyspnea, palpitation, atypical chest pain. Other symptoms like obstruction of blood vessels, cardiac tamponade, or pericardial effusion may result due to compression of surrounding structures. Here, we report a case of pericardial haemangioma in a patient who presented with breathlessness and cough.
