title: Bacteremia due to Gordona sputi in an immunocompromised patient.
abstract: We report a case of bacteremia due to a strain identified as Gordona sputi in a patient with metastatic melanoma. The origin of infection remains unknown, but extensive cutaneous lesions due to interleukin-2 treatment may have been the portal of entry. The isolate was related to G. sputi on the basis of its biochemical and genomic properties but exhibited some differences from the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Bactériologie de la Faculté de Médecine, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riegel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruimy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Briel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bergerat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monteil
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal