Dietzia cinnamea: An increasingly recognized human pathogen
William D. Brown,
Nina Feinberg,
Eleanor Stedman,
Jean Dejace,
Andrew J. Hale
Affiliations
William D. Brown
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Nina Feinberg
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Eleanor Stedman
University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA
Jean Dejace
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA
Andrew J. Hale
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA; Correspondence to: University of Vermont Medical Center, Infectious Disease Unit, 111 Colchester Avenue, Mailstop 115 SM2, Burlington, VT 05401, USA.
The authors present the case of a bloodstream infection and sepsis due to Dietzia cinnamea in a severely malnourished patient with small bowel obstruction and pelvic abscess. The organism was identified with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The authors discuss the characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and emerging scope of clinical infection caused by Dietzia species.
