Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens--an unusual case report of bacteremic pneumonia after lung transplantation.
BACKGROUND
Lung transplant recipients have an increased risk for actinomycetales infection secondary to immunosuppressive regimen.


METHODS
A case of pulmonary infection with bacteremia due to Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens in a 54-year old man who underwent a double lung transplantation four years previously is presented.


CONCLUSIONS
The identification by conventional biochemical assays was unsuccessful and hsp gene sequencing was used to identify Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens.
Ménard
Armelle
A
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, C,H,U, de Bordeaux, Hôpital Pellegrin et Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. armelle.menard@u-bordeaux2.fr
Degrange
Sébastien
S
Peuchant
Olivia
O
Nguyen
Thi Diem Tien
TD
Dromer
Claire
C
Maugein
Jeanne
J
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins