Brevibacterium casei sepsis in an 18-year-old female with AIDS.
Brevibacterium sp. was isolated from the blood of an acutely ill 18-year-old female with AIDS. The isolate was identified as Brevibacterium casei by use of carbohydrate assimilation tests. Treatment was successful with intravenously administered ciprofloxacin. To our knowledge, this is the first report of sepsis caused by B. casei in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient.
Brazzola
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University Children's Hospital, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland.
Zbinden
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Rudin
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Schaad
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Heininger
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans