Case Series of Granulicatella Bacteremia: A Single-centered, Five-year Retrospective Study.
Acta Med Okayama
; 77(2): 203-207, 2023 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Granulicatella species are rare, nutritionally variant streptococci that cause infective endocarditis. Their clinical and microbiological characteristics remain unknown. We reviewed five years of Granulicatella cases in our hospital database (Jan 2017-Jun 2022), finding 6 Granulicatella adiacens cases and 1 Granulicatella elegans case. Clinical backgrounds and bacteremia sources were diverse; 3 cases developed polymicrobial bacteremia. Antimicrobial testing showed non-susceptibility to penicillin G in 4 of 7 cases (57.1%), and high susceptibility to carbapenems and vancomycin in all cases. Determining optimal antibiotic therapy for Granulicatella infections is vital in this era of antimicrobial resistance.
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Bacteriemia
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Endocardite Bacteriana
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Observational_studies
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Humans
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2023
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