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Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens intravascular catheter-related bacteremia in a haematology patient: a case report

Karunakaran R 1 , Halim HA 2 , Ng KP 3 , Hanifah YA 3 , Chin E 2 , Jaafar FL 3 Show all authors , Abubakar S 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Corresponding Author: Rina Karunakaran, MD; e-mail: rina@ummc.edu.my, rina_k@um.edu.my
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2011 Nov;15(11):1343-6.
PMID: 22195371

Abstract

Tsukamurella spp. are a rare but important cause of intravascular catheter-related bacteremia in immunocompromised patients. The organism is an aerobic, Gram-positive, weakly acid-fast bacillus that is difficult to differentiate using standard laboratory methods from other aerobic actinomycetales such as Nocardia spp., Rhododoccus spp., Gordonia spp., and the rapid growing Mycobacterium spp. We report a case of Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens catheter-related bacteremia in a 51-year-old haematology patient who responded to treatment with imipenem and subsequent line removal. 16srRNA sequencing allowed for the prompt identification of this organism.

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