Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child




Ivaska Lauri, Alyazidi Raidan, Hoang Linda, Goldfar David M.

PublisherElsevier B.V.

2019

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

25

12

1070

1073

4

1437-7780

1437-7780

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2019.05.033

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/41620307



Dermacoccus spp. have rarely been reported as human pathogens. We describe a case of a 4-year-old boywith congenital heart disease who was diagnosed with a brain abscess. The abscess was drained and thesample grew Streptococcus intermedius, Aggregatibacter aphrophilus and Dermacoccus sp..Dermacoccus grew after 5 days of incubation and the patient was treated with meropenem.


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