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.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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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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author Rahmati, Elham
Martin, Vanessa
Wong, Darren
Sattler, Fred
Petterson, Jonas
Ward, Pamela
Butler-Wu, Susan M.
She, Rosemary C.
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Wong, Darren
Sattler, Fred
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description 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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spelling pubmed-54140142017-05-05 Facklamia Species as an Underrecognized Pathogen Rahmati, Elham Martin, Vanessa Wong, Darren Sattler, Fred Petterson, Jonas Ward, Pamela Butler-Wu, Susan M. She, Rosemary C. Open Forum Infect Dis ID Case 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. Oxford University Press 2017-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5414014/ /pubmed/28480264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw272 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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