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Relevance of Dermabacter hominis isolated from clinical samples, 2012-2016: a retrospective case series

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115118

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Dermabacter hominis; Clinical significance; Isolation; Gram-positive rod; Vancomycin

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We investigated the clinical relevance of Dermabacter hominis isolated from samples of 108 patients. Polymicrobial growth was evident in 88% of specimens. Isolation of D. hominis was of definitive or possible significance in only 14% of patients. Vancomycin remains the drug of choice given a penicillin resistance rate of 84%. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.

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