title: Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural infection: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Gordonia species are aerobic actinomycetes recently recognized as causing human disease, often in the setting of intravascular catheter-related infections. We describe a case of Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural space infection in the absence of an indwelling intravascular catheter and review the breadth of reported infections with this emerging pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. jjohnson30@partners.org
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Onderdonk
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cosimi
authors.forename: Sigal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yawetz
authors.forename: Brent A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lasker
authors.forename: Shanna J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bolcen
authors.forename: June M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Francisco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Marty
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S