Gordonia bronchialis Bacteremia and Pleural Infection: Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Jennifer Johnson | Zendy; Andrew B. Onderdonk | Zendy; Lisa A. Cosimi | Zendy; Sigal Yawetz | Zendy; Brent A. Lasker | Zendy; Shanna Bolcen | Zendy; June M. Brown | Zendy; Francisco M. Marty | Zendy

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Gordonia bronchialis Bacteremia and Pleural Infection: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Jennifer Johnson,

Andrew B. Onderdonk,

Lisa A. Cosimi,

Sigal Yawetz,

Brent A. Lasker,

Shanna Bolcen,

June M. Brown,

Francisco M. Marty

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02121-10

Subject(s) - bacteremia , intensive care medicine , opportunistic pathogen , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , human pathogen , pathogen , bloodstream infection , catheter , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , surgery , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics

Gordonia species are aerobic actinomycetes recently recognized as causing human disease, often in the setting of intravascular catheter-related infections. We describe a case of Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural space infection in the absence of an indwelling intravascular catheter and review the breadth of reported infections with this emerging pathogen.

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