A Case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus Septicemia in a Neutropenic Patient.
- Author:
Jeong Don CHAE
1
;
Sook Ja PARK
;
Duck Hee KIM
;
Byung Yoon BAIK
;
Mi Na KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. mnkim@amc.seoul.kr.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Stomatococcus mucilaginosus;
Septicemia;
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bacteria;
Bone Marrow;
Gram-Positive Cocci;
Humans;
Immunocompromised Host;
Korea;
Leukemia;
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive;
Male;
Neutropenia;
Oropharynx;
Respiratory System;
Sepsis*;
Vancomycin
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
2002;22(2):105-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Stomatococcus mucilaginosus is a Gram-positive coccus normally found in the oropharynx and upper respiratory tract. Recently, S. mucilaginosus has been increasingly reported to cause seri-ous infections in immunocompromised patients. A 42-year-old male patient with chronic myeloge-nous leukemia developed the clinical signs and symptoms of septicemia in the state of neutropenia due to the failure of a bone marrow transplant. The blood cultures revealed Gram-positive cocci in three sets of aerobic blood culture bottles. The bacteria were identified as S. mucilaginosus by an API STAPH Identification Panel (bioMerieux SA, Marcy 1 'Etoile, France). The patient was cured bacteriologically with a vancomycin treatment for 20 days. Here we report the first case of S. mucilaginosus septicemia in Korea.