Gordonia terrae kidney graft abscess in a renal transplant patient

A C Nicodemo; F C A Odongo; A M Doi; J L M Sampaio

doi:10.1111/tid.12252

Gordonia terrae kidney graft abscess in a renal transplant patient

Transpl Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;16(4):681-6. doi: 10.1111/tid.12252. Epub 2014 Jun 26.

Authors

A C Nicodemo¹, F C A Odongo, A M Doi, J L M Sampaio

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 24964822
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12252

Abstract

We present the first report, to our knowledge, of a renal abscess cause by an infection from Gordonia terrae in a kidney transplant patient. The patient simultaneously had pulmonary tuberculosis and a perirenal allograft abscess caused by G. terrae. After treatment with imipenem, in addition to anti-tuberculous drugs, the patient was cured.

Keywords: 16S rRNA gene; Gordonia terrae; Rhodococcus misidentification; kidney transplant infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / drug therapy
Abscess / microbiology*
Actinomycetales Infections / drug therapy
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Gordonia Bacterium / genetics
Gordonia Bacterium / isolation & purification*
Humans
Kidney Diseases / drug therapy
Kidney Diseases / microbiology*
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
RNA, Bacterial / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S