Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Dolosigranulum pigrum

Dolosigranulum pigrum is an unusual gram-positive catalase-negative coccus. It was isolated, only after prolonged incubation, from bronchial secretions from a patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy. Identification was done by 16S rRNA DNA se...

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Published in:	Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 44; no. 9; pp. 3461 - 3462
Main Authors:	Hoedemaekers, A, Schülin, T, Tonk, B, Melchers, W.J.G, Sturm, P.D.J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-09-2006
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Case Reports Dolosigranulum pigrum Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Gram-Positive Cocci - isolation & purification Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Pneumonia, Bacterial - diagnosis Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology Ventilators, Mechanical - adverse effects Lung disease Nosocomial infection Pneumonia Microbiology Respiratory disease
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Summary:	Dolosigranulum pigrum is an unusual gram-positive catalase-negative coccus. It was isolated, only after prolonged incubation, from bronchial secretions from a patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy. Identification was done by 16S rRNA DNA sequence analysis, but it can be done with relatively simple phenotypic tests.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Case Study-2 ObjectType-Feature-4 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Phone: 0031243614356. Fax: 0031243540216. E-mail: P.Sturm@mmb.umcn.nl.
ISSN:	0095-1137 1098-660X 1098-5530
DOI:	10.1128/JCM.01050-06