Tsukamurella inchonensis isolated from catheter of an Ecuadorian patient with hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by Tsukamurella inchonensis, identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a patient with arterial hypertension for 20 years and chronic kidney disease in hemodialysis since 08/07/2019. To our knowledge, this is the first case of T. inchonensis in Ecuador.

SUBMITTER: Jeannete Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9010643 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature