title: [Catheter-related bacteremia due to Streptomyces: clinical significance of Streptomyces isolation in cultures].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, España. perezparedesgema@yahoo.es
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pérez Paredes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quereda Rodríguez-Navarro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díaz Hurtado
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Manzanedo Terán
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno Zamora
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loza Fernández de Bobadilla
mesh_terms: 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*