Facklamia Species as an Underrecognized Pathogen

Facklamia species are a rarely reported etiology of clinical infection with few cases described in literature. However, the prevalence of infection may be underestimated due to challenges in species identification. We describe 3 cases of Facklamia species bacteremia and the unique microbiologic aspe...

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Autores principales: Rahmati, Elham, Martin, Vanessa, Wong, Darren, Sattler, Fred, Petterson, Jonas, Ward, Pamela, Butler-Wu, Susan M., She, Rosemary C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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ID Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw272
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Sumario:Facklamia species are a rarely reported etiology of clinical infection with few cases described in literature. However, the prevalence of infection may be underestimated due to challenges in species identification. We describe 3 cases of Facklamia species bacteremia and the unique microbiologic aspects inherent to this genus that make it particularly challenging to identify. In addition, given the unique susceptibility profile of Facklamia species, we discuss the importance of fully identifying this organism when it is a suspected as a pathogen, to optimize therapy based on its distinct antibiotic resistance profile.

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