[Catheter-related bacteremia due to Streptomyces: clinical significance of Streptomyces isolation in cultures].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical significance of Streptomyces isolates in different clinical samples.


METHODS
Review of the records of all cases of Streptomyces isolated from any clinical sample at a tertiary Hospital, during a seven-year period.


RESULTS
Streptomyces was isolated from 13 patients. All of them had underlying diseases. Only in one patient Streptomyces was considered to have a pathogenic role in the clinical picture. We report the third case of catheter-related infection caused by this microorganism.


CONCLUSIONS
Streptomyces is usually isolated from patients with underlying diseases. Before considering them significative, Streptomyces isolates must be interpreted in the clinical context.
Pérez Paredes
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MG
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, España. perezparedesgema@yahoo.es
Quereda Rodríguez-Navarro
C
C
Díaz Hurtado
M
M
Manzanedo Terán
B
B
Moreno Zamora
A
A
Loza Fernández de Bobadilla
E
E
D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology*; D002404:Catheterization; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*