Plastic Expander-Related Gordonia Sputi Infection: Case Report and Literature Review.

Author: Hai Lin ZHANG ¹ ; Bo CAO ² ; Juan LI ² ; Ying CHENG ³ ; Xiao Jun WANG ¹
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1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
2. National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (SKLID), China CDC, Beijing 102206, China.
3. Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease, Division of Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Publication Type:Case Reports
MeSH: Actinomycetales Infections; etiology; microbiology; Adult; Aged; Breast Implants; adverse effects; microbiology; Equipment Contamination; statistics & numerical data; Female; Gordonia Bacterium; isolation & purification; physiology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mammaplasty; adverse effects; Middle Aged; Plastics
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2015;28(6):468-471
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Gordonia sputi causes rare bacterial infections resulting from a contaminated indwelling medical device. We report the case of a postoperative plastic expander abscess in a woman, with G. sputi identification by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing. This report indicates that Gordonia spp. should be included in the list of organisms causing plastic implant infections.