Central venous catheter-related Streptomyces septic thrombosis.
Streptomyces species are part of the actinomycetes group. They have rarely been reported as a cause of invasive infection. We report a case of catheter-related Streptomyces bacteremia complicated by severe sepsis and septic thrombosis. We also present a brief review of the literature on Streptomyces bacteremia.
Ghanem
Ghazi
G
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, Houston, TX 77230-1402, USA.
Adachi
Javier
J
Han
Xiang-Yang
XY
Raad
Issam
I
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D017963:Azithromycin; D008911:Minocycline; D000077266:Moxifloxacin