Life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infections in intravenous-drug users and ermA-mediated erythromycin resistance

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作者：
Woo, PCY
Tse, H
Wong, SSY
Tse, CWS
Fung, AMY
Tam, DMW
Lau, SKP
Yuen, KY
机构：
[1] Univ Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Hong Kong, Fac Med, Res Ctr Infect & Immunol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Kwong Wah Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2005年 / 43卷 / 12期
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D O I：
10.1128/JCM.43.12.6205-6208.2005
中图分类号：
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号：
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要：
We report the first two cases of life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infection, with primary bacteremia and empyerna thoracis, respectively. Gram smears of both H. kunzii isolates showed a mixture of gram-positive and gram-negative cocci. The isolate from the first patient, resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin, possessed an ermA gene.
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