Corynebacterium striatum bacteremia associated with central venous catheter infection

Fu-Lun Chen; Po-Ren Hsueh; Sing-On Teng; Tsong-Yih Ou; Wen-Sen Lee

doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.016

Corynebacterium striatum bacteremia associated with central venous catheter infection

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2012 Jun;45(3):255-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.016. Epub 2011 Dec 11.

Authors

Fu-Lun Chen¹, Po-Ren Hsueh, Sing-On Teng, Tsong-Yih Ou, Wen-Sen Lee

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.

PMID: 22154992
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.016

Abstract

Corynebacterium striatum (C striatum) has been considered a contaminant of blood culture in past decades. Here we report the case of a patient with acute deterioration of chronic renal failure. She received hemodialysis and died from C striatum bacteremia. By using a randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method, we found that an association existed between C striatum from the bloodstream and that from the central venous catheter. We suggest that C striatum could be a pathogen of bloodstream infection in patients with such a catheter in place.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis
Catheter-Related Infections / drug therapy
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
Catheterization, Central Venous
Catheters, Indwelling / microbiology
Corynebacterium / classification
Corynebacterium / genetics
Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
Corynebacterium Infections / diagnosis
Corynebacterium Infections / drug therapy
Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
DNA, Bacterial / blood
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique

Substances

DNA, Bacterial