Lawsonella clevelandensis, a case series of vascular graft infections caused by a rare pathogen
Shirin I. Nour,
Ryan B. Khodadadi,
Audrey N. Schuetz,
Robin Patel,
Omar M. Abu Saleh
Affiliations
Shirin I. Nour
Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Ryan B. Khodadadi
Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Correspondence to: 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Audrey N. Schuetz
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Robin Patel
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Omar M. Abu Saleh
Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Correspondence to: 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Lawsonella clevelandensis is a fastidious Gram-positive, partially acid-fast, anaerobic, catalase positive bacterium that has been reported to be a rare cause of abdominal, breast, spinal, and liver abscesses. Here, three L. clevelandensis vascular graft infections (VGIs) and cardiac infections are reported.
