Microbiome signatures in neonatal central line associated bloodstream infections.

Neonates are at high risk for central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). Biofilm formation is universal on indwelling catheters but why some biofilms seed the bloodstream to cause CLABSI is not clearly understood. With the objective to test the hypothesis that catheter biofilm microbiome in neonates with CLABSI differs than those without infection, we prospectively enrolled neonates (n = 30) with infected and uninfected indwelling central catheters. Catheters were collected at the time of removal, along with blood samples and skin swabs at the catheter insertion sites. Microbiomes of catheter biofilms, skin swabs and blood were evaluated by profiling the V4 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene using Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform. The microbial DNA load was higher from catheter biofilms of CLABSI patients without differences in alpha diversity when compared to that of the non-CLABSI neonates. Proteus and unclassified Staphylococcaceae were more abundant in infected catheter biofilms while Bradyrhizobium, Cloacibacterium, and Sphingomonas were more abundant in the uninfected catheters. A blood microbiome was detected in uninfected samples. The blood microbiome in CLABSI neonates clustered separately from the uninfected blood samples in beta diversity plots. We found that the microbiome signature in catheter biofilm and blood of neonates with CLABSI is different than the microbiomes of non-CLABSI neonates.

Orbital Cellulitis in a Psoriatic Patient Treated With Adalimumab.

INTRODUCTION: Psoriatic patients on tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNFi) may be at increased risk for upper respiratory tract infections, including chronic rhino-sinusitis (CRS). Rarely, CRS can progress to orbital cellulitis (OC), an emergent ophthalmic complication wherein respiratory flora from paranasal sinus disease intrude the retro-orbital space. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Single case report. RESULTS: We report the first case, to our knowledge, of an invasive sinusitis that rapidly evolved into OC in a patient receiving adalimumab treatment for plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. After TNFi withdrawal and appropriate medical and surgical intervention, the patient fully recovered. However, on resumption of TNFi therapy, symptoms of recalcitrant CRS returned. CONCLUSION: More investigation is needed to explore how TNFi might predispose to chronic, refractory rhino-sinusitis and subsequent progression to OC. Military physicians and other medical providers should be aware of this proposed new disease entity and the potential for rapidly evolving and invasive infections in immunocompromised patients. Screening and monitoring for chronic infectious disease, such as CRS before initiating and during TNFi therapy is warranted.

Antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria and Micrococcaceae/Staphylococcaceae isolates from artisanal raw milk cheeses, and potential implications on cheese making.

Antibiotic susceptibility against 19 antimicrobial agents was evaluated in isolates of the genera Lactococcus (46 isolates), Leuconostoc (22), Lactobacillus (19), Staphylococcus (8), Enterococcus (7), and Microccoccus/Kocuria (5) obtained from the predominant microflora of nonrecent and recent types of artisanal raw cow's milk cheeses. Beta-lactams showed broad activity against all genera, although leuconostocs and lactobacilli were highly resistant to oxacillin (80% to 95.5%). Resistance to aminoglycosides was frequent for lactococci and enterococci (particularly for streptomycin), whereas lower rates of resistance were detected for lactobacilli and leuconostocs. Technologically interesting traits for the food industry were distributed among isolates that showed different degrees of resistance to common antibiotics. However, isolates showing resistance to less than 2 antibiotics were mainly those with properties of greatest technological interest (acidifying activity, proteolytic/lipolytic activities, or diacetyl production).

Empiema pleural por microorganismos del género Gemella: una complicación infrecuente / Pleural empyema caused by Gemella species: a rare condition

Se describen 3 casos de empiema pleural por microorganismosdel género Gemella, 2 por la especie G. morbillorum yuno por G. haemolysans. Se revisan las características microbiológicas,los factores predisponentes y las pautas detratamiento, y se exponen los casos publicados en la literatura médica (AU)

Three cases of pleural empyema caused by Gemellaspecies-2 caused by Gemella morbillorum and 1 caused byG haemolysans-are reported. Microbiological characteristics,predisposing factors, and treatment are reviewed and all cases published in the literature are analyzed (AU)

Peritonitis bacteriana espontánea por Gemella morbillorum en un paciente en tratamiento crónico con norfloxacino / Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Gemella morbillorum in a patient under chronic treatment with norfloxacin

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Sensibilidad a antibióticos betalactámicos, glucopéptidos y aminoglucósidos en cepas comensales de estreptococos alfahemolíticos y Gemella spp. resistentes a eritromicina / Susceptibility to betalactam antibiotics, glycopeptides and aminoglycosides in commensal strains of erythromycin resistant alfahemolytic streptococci and Gemella spp

Objetivo. Se investigó la sensibilidad de 190 estreptococos alfahemolíticos y 30 Gemella spp., en su mayoría comensales y resistentes a eritromicina, frente a 7 antibióticos betalactámicos, glucopépticos y aminoglucósidos. Material y métodos. Para determinar la sensibilidad a los antimicrobianos se utilizaron las técnicas de dilución y difusión en agar, según las normas del National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards/Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (NCCLS/CLSI). Resultados. El 62,6% de los estreptococos alfahemolíticos y el 53,3% de Gemella spp. no fueron sensibles a penicilina (concentración inhibitoria mínima al 50% [CIM50]: 0,5 mg/ml). Cefuroxima fue la cefalosporina que presentó menor actividad (CIM50: 1 mg/ml y 0,5 mg/ml, en estreptococos y Gemella spp.), mientras que cefotaxima, ceftriaxona (CIM50: 0,25 mg/ml) y cefepima (CIM50: 0,5 mg/ml) presentaron una actividad superior a penicilina. El 100% de los aislamientos fueron sensibles a vancomicina, teicoplanina y gentamicina. Cuatro cepas de estreptococos alfahemolíticos presentaron resistencia de alto nivel a estreptomicina y tres a kanamicina. No hubo diferencia significativa en el comportamiento de los antibióticos estudiados frente a las cepas con diferente fenotipo de resistencia a macrólidos. Tanto en los aislamientos con fenotipo M como en aquéllos con fenotipo constitutivo (MLSBc) predominó la resistencia a penicilina y a otros antibióticos betalactámicos frente al patrón de resistencia, que incluye sólo penicilina o bien penicilina, otros antibióticos betalactámicos y aminoglucósidos. Conclusiones. Las tasas de resistencia a penicilina en las cepas comensales resistentes a eritromicina son particularmente elevadas, hecho que tiene una importante implicación clínica por el carácter endógeno de las infecciones causadas por estas bacterias. La menor actividad de cefuroxima podría sugerir que su utilización frente a otros patógenos preservaría en mayor grado a la microbiota orofaríngea estudiada (AU)

Objective. Susceptibility to seven betalactam antibiotics, glycopeptides and aminoglycosides was investigated in 190 erythromycin-resistant alfahemolytic streptococci and 30 Gemella spp, mainly from normal flora. Material and methods. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by a standard agar diffusion test and a standard agar dilution method according to NCCLS/CLSI criteria. Results. 62.6% of alfahemolytic streptococci and 53.3% of Gemella spp. were not susceptible to penicillin (MIC50: 0,5 mg/mL). Cefuroxime was the least active cephalosporin (MIC50: 1 mg/mL and 0.5 mg/mL, in streptococci and Gemella spp., respectively), whereas cefotaxime, ceftriaxone (MIC50: 0.25 mg/mL) and cefepime (MIC50: 0.5 mg/mL) were more active than penicillin. All isolates were susceptible to vancomycin, teicoplanin and gentamicin. Four alfahemolytic streptococcal strains showed high-level resistance to streptomycin, and three strains to kanamycin. There were no significant differences in resistance rates to the antibiotics studied between strains with different macrolide resistance phenotypes. Resistance to penicillin and other betalactam antibiotics (73.8%) was prevalent in M phenotype strains and resistance to penicillin and other classes of antibiotics predominated in constitutive (cMLSB) strains (71.4%). Conclusions. Resistance to penicillin in erythromycin-resistant strains was notably high in this study. This fact has important clinical implications because of the endogenous character of alfahemolytic streptococcal and Gemella spp. infections. The lower cefuroxime activity suggests that use of this agent against other pathogens would be effective in preserving the oropharyngeal microflora analyzed (AU)

Infection of a total hip arthroplasty due to Gemella morbillorum / Infection of a total hip arthroplasty due to Gemella morbillorum

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Abscesos hepáticos por Gemella morbillorum / Liver abscesses due to Gemella morbillorum

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Endotipsitis por Gemella morbillorum / Endotipsitis due to Gemella morbillorum

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[Necrotizing pneumonia due to Gemella morbillorum in an immunocompetent patient]. / Pneumopathie nécrosante à Gemella morbillorum chez un patient immunocompétent.

BACKGROUND: Gemella morbillorum is an anaerobic to aerotolerant Gram positive coccus. It is considered a member of the normal upper respiratory tract flora including the oropharynx and also the gastro-intestinal and female genital tract. However severe infections are reported like endocarditis, septic shock and septic arthritis, more often in immunocompromised hosts. It is an infrequently isolated organism and a rare cause of pulmonary or pleural infections. CASE REPORT: We report a case of necrotizing pneumonia due to Gemella morbillorum in a 45-years-old Melanesian, smoker patient. The presentation was subacute with a four month history of loss of appetite, progressive weight loss and cough without fever. Initial presentation seems to be a malignant disease. The positive diagnosis has been established on the results of BAL fluid and the protected specimen brush samples. It was an immunocompetent patient presenting dental inflammation but not oral infection. Further management included intravenous administration of amoxicillin during two weeks. We recommended oral antibiotic treatment for another six weeks. After two months the patient was reevaluated. The CT scan showed no evidence of persistent infection. The HR CT scan will reveal multiple kystic bronchiectasies not seen on the first CT scan. CONCLUSION: Gm can be found endoscopic samples. Gemella morbillorum can be responsible of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent host.

Endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum resistant to beta-lactams and aminoglycosides.

Two rare cases of Gemella morbillorum endocarditis, caused by a strain resistant to penicillin and gentamicin are reported. G. morbillorum is usually sensitive to beta-lactams and aminoglycosides. The present 2 cases raise concern that appropriate prophylaxis and empirical treatment may be more complicated than believed in the past.

[Anticarnosine activity of staphylococci as a criterion for assessment of their persistence potential].

The analysis on clinical material and the use of experimental models allowed to prove the role of anticarnosine activity of staphylococci in their persistence. Light and electronic microscopy revealed large destruction of ultrastructural eukaryote components and decreased proliferative activity in animals challenged with strains characterized by high anticarnosine activity. Adaptive mechanisms, providing dynamic equilibrium in "eukaryote--prokaryote" system, are described.

[Interaction of bacteria and red blood cells].

The interaction of staphylococci, streptococci, meningococci, enterobacteria, leptospires and other microorganisms with red blood cells is considered. Three forms of the interaction of bacteria and red blood cells are discussed: adhesion, the influence of secretory factors on red blood cells, the action of pathogenic bacteria on hemoglobin. The applied aspects of the interaction of bacteria and red blood cells in the human body are presented in accordance with the results of clinical and laboratory studies.

Absceso cerebral por Gemella haemolysans / Cerebral abscess due to Gemella haemolysans

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Brain abscess due to Gemella haemolysans.

We present a case of brain abscess due to Gemella haemolysans and Bacteroides species in a 60-year-old-immunocompetent man who underwent dental procedures. The patient completely recovered following intravenous therapy with ampicillin and metronidazole for 6 weeks.

Subacute endocarditis caused by Gemella haemolysans and a review of the literature.

We report the first documented case of Gemella haemolysans endocarditis in the United States in a patient following denture fixation. G. haemolysans was isolated form the patient's blood cultures. The patient was treated with ampicillin for 6 weeks with significant clinical improvement. This case highlights the fact that endocarditis prophylaxis should be considered in denture fixation for high risk patients.

[Acute Gemella haemolysans spondylodiscitis in an immunocompetent patient]. / Spondylodiscite aiguë à Gemella haemolysans chez une patiente immunocompétente.

INTRODUCTION: Gemella is a commensal bacterium of the upper respiratory tract responsible for rare infections such as acute endocarditis and meningitis. We report the case of an acute Gemella haemolysans spondylodiscitis. OBSERVATION: A 72 year-old woman was hospitalised for an etiological control and treatment of acute L4-L5 spondylodiscitis with epiduritis, confirmed on MRI. The clinical picture was composed of backache with shivering and alteration in general status of health. The peripheral bacteriological samples, intra-dermal reaction and brucella serology were all negative. The surgical L5 biopsy, following bacteriological enrichment, isolated Gram-positive cocci, later identified as Gemella haemolysans. The antibiogram showed good sensitivity to amoxicillin, dalacin and erythromycin, and strong resistance to aminosides. The search for a contamination point was negative. The patient rapidly improved with antibiotics combining 6 g/d of amoxicillin and 1200 mg/d of clindamycin, and the biological and clinical signs regressed. The antibiotic bi-therapy was continued for two and a half months and then relayed to amoxicillin alone for two further weeks. COMMENTS: The first descriptions of Gemella haemolysans infection were made in the seventies. Cases of infectious endocarditis were succeeded by septicaemia on cirrhosis and later a few cases of acute post-neurosurgical meningitis. In the majority of cases, a dental contamination point was found. The difficulties in its etiological diagnosis, related to the problems in identifying this germ that has similar characteristics to Streptococcus viridans, suggests that the prevalence of Gemella haemolysans infections is greatly underrated. The sensitivity profile generally observed is sensitivity to penicillins and aminosides--the association of which is synergic--, to cyclines and glycopeptides, and resistance to trimethoprime-sulfamethoxazole.