title: Catheter-associated Nocardia higoensis bacteremia in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: A 23-month-old child with leukemia who was receiving chemotherapy developed fevers. Serial blood cultures from a central venous catheter and a peripheral venous site grew an organism identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phenotypic analysis as Nocardia higoensis, an opportunistic organism isolated once previously from a pulmonary infection in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8116, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Michele M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Estabrook
authors.forename: Carey-Ann D
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burnham
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S