[Bacteraemia due to Leuconostoc spp. in a patient without immunological disorders].
Leuconostoc spp are gram-positive coccobacilli, catalase and oxidase negative, vancomycin resistant. Causes of infection have been reported previously but it has not been described confirmed bacteremia due to Leuconostoc spp in patient without other immunological disorders. We describe a case of bacteremia in a 64-years-old man with a prosthetic valve 7 months before to begin fever of unknown origin. We confirmed bacteremia due Leuconostoc spp and the treatment with respective antibiotics permits the cure. Leuconostoc spp should be considered as a potential cause of bacteraemia, but we would be observant to the bacteremias due vancomycin resistant germs, because in most cases the laboratory do not find the sensitivity to this antibiotic.
Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña.
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Cinza Sanjurjo
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Cabarcos Ortiz de Barrón
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Castilla Galicia
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Lorenzo Zúñiga
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged