Rothia dentocariosa sepsis in a pediatric renal transplant recipient having post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders.
BACKGROUND
Rothia dentocariosa (RD) is a Gram-positive rod that colonizes the human oral cavity and can cause infective endocarditis.


RESULTS
We report on a six-yr-old boy who underwent renal transplantation for polycystic kidney disease at the age of eight months. He developed post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after four yr and progressive graft failure. Following chemotherapy, the patient presented with neutropenia and sepsis. RD was isolated from blood and treatment with piperacillin/tazobactam was initiated; however, the child died because of multiorgan failure.


CONCLUSIONS
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of RD sepsis in a pediatric solid organ transplant recipient.
Wiesmayr
Silke
S
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Stelzmueller
Ingrid
I
Berger
Natalie
N
Jungraithmayr
Therese C
TC
Fille
Manfred
M
Eller
Miriam
M
Zimmerhackl
Lothar Bernd
LB
Margreiter
Raimund
R
Bonatti
Hugo
H