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First Bacteremia Due to Corynebacterium gottingense in an Immunocompromised Child: A Case Report, 16S rDNA-Based Phylogenetic Analyses and Review of the Literature

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ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12030528

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Corynebacterium gottingense; bacteremia; sepsis; 16S rDNA sequencing; phylogenetic analysis

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We report a case of catheter-associated bloodstream infection by C. gottingense in a 13-year-old immunocompromised child with febrile neutropenia induced for osteosarcoma. The species was identified using Sanger sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The strain was susceptible to amoxicillin and the patient was treated with piperacillin/tazobactam initially and then switched to oral amoxicillin. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA did not predict the clinical outcome.
Corynebacterium gottingense is a Gram-positive bacillus that has not been reported as pathogenic in pediatric patients. Herein, a case of catheter-associated bloodstream infection by C. gottingense in a 13-year-old immunocompromised child with febrile neutropenia induced for osteosarcoma is reported. The species was identified by Sanger sequencing of the 16s rRNA sequence of the bacterial strain and was compared phylogenetically with published sequences. As suggested in the literature, the presented strain was multi-susceptible, particularly to amoxicillin. The patient was treated with piperacillin/tazobactam for seven days in the context of a urinary co-infection, resulting in resolution of fever within 48 h and then relaunched with oral amoxicillin for 3 days (for a total of 10 days of antibiotic therapy). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rDNA demonstrated the complexity of the genus Corynebacterium spp. but failed to demonstrate a direct benefit in predicting clinical outcome based on this single information.

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