title: Bacteremia by Dermabacter hominis, a rare pathogen.
abstract: Dermabacter hominis is a gram-positive, catalase-positive, glucose-fermenting rod, which, as it grows forms small greyish-white colonies with a characteristic pungent odor. Previously known as coryneform Centers for Disease Control and Prevention groups 3 and 5, it was catalogued as D. hominis in 1994. Various strains isolated in blood cultures, abscesses, or wounds in the 1970s were retrospectively characterized in referral centers as D. hominis. In this report we describe two patients with severe underlying pathology who developed bacteremias by D. hominis within the context of their clinical pictures.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital de Mostoles, C/Rio Jucar s/n 28935 Mostoles, Madrid, Spain. jlgarces@microb.net
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez-Garcés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oteo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aracil
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Alós
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Funke
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media