Tsukamurella inchonensis infection in a child with H odgkin's lymphoma

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.