title: Persistent bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila related to a damaged central catheter.
abstract: A case of persistent bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila related to a damaged central venous catheter in a 3-year-old girl with Hirschsprung's disease is reported. The strain was identified as K. rhizophila by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis showed a clonal strain. The repeated septic episodes were resolved with the catheter repair.
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Service de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. didier.moissenet@trs.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moissenet
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mérens
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferroni
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dubern
authors.forename: Hoang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vu-Thien
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D057785:Catheters / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S