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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, p. 3461-3462, Vol. 44, No. 9
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01050-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Dolosigranulum pigrum

A. Hoedemaekers,1 T. Schülin,2 B. Tonk,2 W. J. G. Melchers,2 and P. D. J. Sturm2*

Department of Intensive Care,1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands2

Received 19 May 2006/ Returned for modification 15 June 2006/ Accepted 26 June 2006

Dolosigranulum pigrum is an unusual gram-positive catalase-negative coccus. It was isolated, only after prolonged incubation, from bronchial secretions from a patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy. Identification was done by 16S rRNA DNA sequence analysis, but it can be done with relatively simple phenotypic tests.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Phone: 0031243614356. Fax: 0031243540216. E-mail: P.Sturm{at}mmb.umcn.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, p. 3461-3462, Vol. 44, No. 9
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01050-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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