Catheter-related Brevibacterium casei bloodstream infection in a child with aplastic anaemia

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020 Apr-Jun;38(2):226-228. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_292.

Abstract

Brevibacteria are a part of the normal skin flora and may be dismissed in blood cultures as contaminants. They have been reported as opportunistic pathogens in immunocompromised patients. We report a catheter-related bloodstream infection with Brevibacterium casei in a 6-year-old child with aplastic anaemia. Treatment with appropriate antibiotics along with the removal of the catheter resulted in complete cure in our patient.

Keywords: Aplastic anemia; Brevibacterium casei; sepsis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Aplastic / complications*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Brevibacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Catheter-Related Infections / complications*
  • Catheter-Related Infections / drug therapy
  • Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Child
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Brevibacterium casei