Catheter-related bloodstream infection by Tsukamurella inchonensis in an immunocompromised patient.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by Tsukamurella inchonensis, identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a patient with myelofibrosis who underwent a bone marrow transplant. Tsukamurella species infections are rare. To our knowledge, this is the first case of T. inchonensis bloodstream infection in an immunocompromised patient.

SUBMITTER: Takebe I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4042780 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature