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Tsukamurella inchonensis infection in a child with H odgkin's lymphoma
Author(s) -
Ochi Fumihiro,
Tauchi Hisamichi,
Moritani Kyoko,
Miyamoto Hitoshi,
Ohkusu Kiyofumi,
Ishii Eiichi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/ped.12472
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , lymphoma , antibiotics , biology
Tsukamurella spp. infection is a rare but important cause of bacteremia in immunocompromised patients. The organism is an aerobic, Gram‐positive, weakly acid‐fast bacillus that is difficult to differentiate from other aerobic A ctinomycetales by standard laboratory methods. Here, we report on the case of a 14‐year‐old patient with H odgkin's lymphoma who, after intensive chemotherapy, developed T sukamurella inchonensis bacteremia, which was identified on the peripherally inserted central venous catheter ( PICC ) using 16 S rRNA sequencing analysis. The bacteremia was successfully controlled with antimicrobial therapy and subsequent removal of the PICC . This is the first report of bacteremia by T sukamurella inchonensis in immunocompromised children. Careful observation and prompt analysis of opportunistic infection, including T sukamurella spp., is very important in immunocompromised children.