Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child
: Ivaska Lauri, Alyazidi Raidan, Hoang Linda, Goldfar David M.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
: 2019
: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
: 25
: 12
: 1070
: 1073
: 4
: 1437-7780
: 1437-7780
DOI: https://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.