A case of catheter related bloodstream infection by Corynebacterium striatum

BACKGROUND: C. striatum is an innocuous inhabitant of the normal human epithelial and mucosal surfaces. The C. striatum(´)s thogenic potential is increasingly recognized in our time. METHODS: We present a rare case of CRBSI by C. striatum in a 57-yr-old male patient. The patient suffered from many b...

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Autores principales: Ge, Yanmei, Lu, Jingchuan, Feng, Shaozun, Ji, Wenli, Tong, Huacheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7644921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00987
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: C. striatum is an innocuous inhabitant of the normal human epithelial and mucosal surfaces. The C. striatum(´)s thogenic potential is increasingly recognized in our time. METHODS: We present a rare case of CRBSI by C. striatum in a 57-yr-old male patient. The patient suffered from many basic diseases and was admitted to hospital of shock. RESULTS: The patient finally died of septic shock caused by CRBSI due to multidrug-resistant C. striatum which responded neither to empiric nor to targeted treatment. CONCLUSIONS: C. striatum can cause CRBSI in immunocompromised patients when they were treated by intravenous catheters.

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