True infection or contamination in patients with positive Cutibacterium blood cultures-a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Cutibacterium is a genus often considered a contaminant when present in blood cultures, but it can also cause severe infections, especially related to implanted foreign materials. We investigated the incidence and features of patients with true Cutibacterium infection. Patients with positive Cutibacterium blood cultures between the years 2015-2020 in southern Sweden were identified through microbiology records and medical records were studied retrospectively. Cutibacterium isolates were species determined using MALDI-TOF MS. Patients were classified as having true infection or contamination according to a definition considering both clinical and microbiological features and these groups were compared. A total of 313 episodes of positive Cutibacterium blood cultures were identified in 312 p

SUBMITTER: Boman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250478 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature