Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child

Lauri Ivaska; Raidan Alyazidi; Linda Hoang; David M. Goldfarb

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2019.05.033

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Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child

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Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child

Lauri Ivaska, Raidan Alyazidi, Linda Hoang and David M. Goldfarb

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, Vol.25(12), pp.1070-1073

01/12/2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2019.05.033

PMID: 31253474

Abstract

Infectious Diseases

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

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Dermacoccus spp. have rarely been reported as human pathogens. We describe a case of a 4-year-old boy with congenital heart disease who was diagnosed with a brain abscess. The abscess was drained and the sample grew Streptococcus intermedius, Aggregatibacter aphrophilus and Dermacoccus sp.. Dermacoccus grew after 5 days of incubation and the patient was treated with meropenem. (C) 2019 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Title: Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child
Creators - without role: Lauri Ivaska - Turku University Hospital
Raidan Alyazidi - King Abdulaziz University
Linda Hoang - BC Centre for Disease Control
David M. Goldfarb - University of British Columbia
Publication Details: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, Vol.25(12), pp.1070-1073
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 4
Identifiers: 9935038608331
Academic Unit: King Abdulaziz University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article