title: First report of brain abscess caused by a satelliting phenotypic variant of Helcococcus kunzii.
abstract: Helcococcus kunzii was isolated from a brain abscess in a diabetic patient with cholesteatoma and demonstrated satellitism around Staphylococcus aureus in culture. This is the first reported case of severe central nervous system infection due to H. kunzii and the first description of a satelliting phenotypic variant of this organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.forename: Jasper F W
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Kwok-Yung
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S