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Vancomycin-resistant Aureobacterium species cellulitis and bacteremia in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 34 ·No. 8 ·1996-08-00 ·Pages 1992-4

Nolte FS, Arnold KE, Sweat H, Winton EF, Funke G

Abstract

A 39-year-old male with acute myelogenous leukemia and concomitant porphyria cutanea tarda was admitted to the hospital for consolidation chemotherapy of his leukemia. During his hospitalization, he developed cellulitis of the left hand and persistent bacteremia with a yellow-pigmented, nonfermenting coryneform bacterium that was identified as Aureobacterium sp. The portal of entry for the Aureobacterium infection was probably through the skin lesions due to porphyria cutanea tarda. The infection developed while the patient was receiving vancomycin prophylaxis, and the vancomycin MIC for the isolate was 32 micrograms/ml.

MeSH Terms
Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Bacteremia/complications,microbiology Bacterial Typing Techniques Cellulitis/complications,microbiology Drug Resistance, Microbial Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods/drug effects Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/complications,microbiology,mortality Humans Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/complications Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Vancomycin/pharmacology
Chemicals
Anti-Bacterial Agents Vancomycin
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Nolte F S
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. fnolte@emory.edu
Arnold K E
Sweat H
Winton E F
Funke G
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.34.8.1992-1994.1996
Email
fnolte@emory.edu
Published
1996-08-00
Pages
1992-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC229168
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1992-1994.1996 PMC Full Text View journal details
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