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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6205-6208, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6205-6208.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Life-Threatening Invasive Helcococcus kunzii Infections in Intravenous-Drug Users and ermA-Mediated Erythromycin Resistance

Patrick C. Y. Woo,1,2,{dagger} Herman Tse,1,2,{dagger} Samson S. Y. Wong,1,2 Cindy W. S. Tse,3 Ami M. Y. Fung,1 Dorothy M. W. Tam,1 Susanna K. P. Lau,1,2 and Kwok-yung Yuen1,2*

Department of Microbiology,1 Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong,2 Department of Microbiology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong3

Received 5 July 2005/ Returned for modification 6 September 2005/ Accepted 26 September 2005

We report the first two cases of life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infection, with primary bacteremia and empyema 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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Phone: 852-285-54892. Fax: 852-285-51241. E-mail: hkumicro{at}hkucc.hku.hk.

{dagger} P.C.Y.W. and H.T. contributed equally to this work.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6205-6208, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6205-6208.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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