Leuconostoc bacteremia in a healthy infant.
Infections by Leuconostoc species bacteria are uncommon, and usually affect patients with an underlying disease, or those fitted with a venous catheter or subjects previously treated with vancomycin. The most common clinical presentation is fever secondary to a central venous line infection. We report a case of Leuconostoc sp. bacteremia in an otherwise apparently healthy 2.5 month-old infant. The patient was successfully treated with cefotaxime. Leuconostoc sp. is an emerging pathogen that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteremia.
Casanova-Román
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Paediatrics Service, Hospital of La Línea, Cádiz, Spain. mcasanova@arrakis.es
Rios
J
J
Sánchez-Porto
A
A
Gomar
J L
JL
Casanova-Bellido
M
M
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002439:Cefotaxime