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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2650-2654, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02485-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Clearance of Cellulosimicrobium cellulans Bacteremia in a Child without Central Venous Catheter Removal

Marie-Claire Rowlinson,1 David A. Bruckner,1 Claudia Hinnebusch,1 Karin Nielsen,2 and Jaime G. Deville2*

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,1 Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 900952

Received 30 November 2005/ Returned for modification 9 January 2006/ Accepted 27 April 2006

Cellulosimicrobium cellulans (formerly known as Oerskovia xanthineolytica) rarely causes human infection. Infections have been reported in immunocompromised hosts or in patients with foreign bodies, such as catheters, where treatment has generally involved removal of the foreign body. We report on a case in which the organism was isolated in multiple blood cultures from a 13-year-old male. After initial therapy failed, treatment with vancomycin and rifampin resulted in infection clearance without removal of the central venous catheter.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752. Phone: (310) 825 9660. Fax: (310) 825 9175. E-mail: jdeville{at}mednet.ucla.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2650-2654, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02485-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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