CATHETER-RELATED SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY A VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT CORYNEFORM CDC GROUP A-5

Authors
CAMPBELL PB PALLADINO S FLEXMAN JP
Citation
Pb. Campbell et al., CATHETER-RELATED SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY A VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT CORYNEFORM CDC GROUP A-5, Pathology, 26(1), 1994, pp. 56-58
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00313025
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
56 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-3025(1994)26:1<56:CSCBAV>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A case of catheter-related septicemia, due to Coryneform CDC group A-5 , in an 11 yr old boy with acute myelomonocytic leukemia is discussed. The child failed to respond to initial antibiotic therapy, even follo wing the addition of vancomycin. Laboratory studies later showed the o rganism to be vancomycin resistant but cefotaxime susceptible.