Rr. Reinert et al., RECURRENT BACTEREMIA DUE TO BREVIBACTERIUM-CASEI IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 14(12), 1995, pp. 1082-1085
A case of an immunocompromised patient who experienced two episodes of
septicemia caused by a coryneform bacterium is reported. Biochemical
characteristics and analysis of cellular fatty acids and of cell wall
components showed two identical strains of Brevibacterium casei to be
responsible for these infections. The lack of easy-to-perform methods
for identification may have led, in the past, to an underestimation of
the role of this bacterium, especially in immunocompromised patients.