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Tsukamurella pulmonis bloodstream infection identified by secA1 gene sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Recurrent bloodstream infections caused by a Gram-positive bacterium affected an immunocompromised child. Tsukamurella pulmonis was the microorganism identified by secA1 gene sequencing. Antibiotic treatment in combination with removal of the subcutaneous port healed the patient.

SUBMITTER: Perez Del Molino Bernal IC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4298536 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tsukamurella pulmonis bloodstream infection identified by secA1 gene sequencing.

Pérez Del Molino Bernal Inmaculada C IC Cano María E ME García de la Fuente Celia C Martínez-Martínez Luis L López Mónica M Fernández-Mazarrasa Carlos C Agüero Jesús J

Journal of clinical microbiology 20141217 2

Recurrent bloodstream infections caused by a Gram-positive bacterium affected an immunocompromised child. Tsukamurella pulmonis was the microorganism identified by secA1 gene sequencing. Antibiotic treatment in combination with removal of the subcutaneous port healed the patient. ...[more]

PMID: 25520439

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