Bacteremia caused by a metronidazole-resistant Prevotella sp. strain.
Metronidazole resistance among Prevotella spp. is rare. We report here the first case of bacteremia due to a high-level metronidazole-resistant Prevotella sp. responsible for treatment failure.
Mory
Francine
F
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre Hopitalier, Neufchateau, France.
Carlier
Jean-Philippe
JP
Alauzet
Corentine
C
Thouvenin
Maxime
M
Schuhmacher
Hélène
H
Lozniewski
Alain
A
D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016866:Bacteroidaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018720:Prevotella / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017211:Treatment Failure
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D008795:Metronidazole