Enterococcus cecorum septicemia in a malnourished adult patient

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1997 Aug;16(8):594-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02447923.

Abstract

Enterococcus cecorum, a species typically isolated from chicken, pigs, calves, horses, ducks, cats, dogs, and canaries, was isolated from the blood of a patient with severe septicemia. The isolate was identified by conventional biochemical tests. Identity as Enterococcus cecorum was confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis of whole cell protein. This is the first report of the isolation of Enterococcus cecorum in a clinical setting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enterococcus / classification*
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Imipenem / therapeutic use
  • Nutrition Disorders / complications*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / blood
  • Sepsis / diagnosis
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Species Specificity
  • Thienamycins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Thienamycins
  • Imipenem