Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Dolosigranulum pigrum.
Dolosigranulum pigrum is an unusual gram-positive catalase-negative coccus. It was isolated, only after prolonged incubation, from bronchial secretions from a patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy. Identification was done by 16S rRNA DNA sequence analysis, but it can be done with relatively simple phenotypic tests.
Hoedemaekers
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Department of Intensive Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Schülin
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Tonk
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Melchers
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Sturm
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D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects*