Two cases of chronic suppurative otitis media caused by Kerstersia gyiorum in Tanzania: is it an underappreciated pathogen in chronic otitis media?

Alfred Mwalutende; Stephen E. Mshana; Mariam M. Mirambo; Martha F. Mushi; Philipo L. Chalya; Japhet M. Giliyoma; Wilhelm Schneiderhan; Ortrud Zimmermann; Uwe Groß

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.10.022

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

Two cases of chronic suppurative otitis media caused by Kerstersia gyiorum in Tanzania: is it an underappreciated pathogen in chronic otitis media?

Alfred Mwalutende,
Stephen E. Mshana,
Mariam M. Mirambo,
Martha F. Mushi,
Philipo L. Chalya,
Japhet M. Giliyoma,
Wilhelm Schneiderhan,
Ortrud Zimmermann,
Uwe Groß

Affiliations

Alfred Mwalutende: Department of Surgery, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania
Stephen E. Mshana: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, CUHAS-Bugando, PO Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania
Mariam M. Mirambo: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, CUHAS-Bugando, PO Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania
Martha F. Mushi: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, CUHAS-Bugando, PO Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania
Philipo L. Chalya: Department of Surgery, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania
Japhet M. Giliyoma: Department of Surgery, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania
Wilhelm Schneiderhan: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre, Göttingen, Germany
Ortrud Zimmermann: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre, Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Groß: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre, Göttingen, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.10.022
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. C
pp. 251 – 253

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Two cases of mixed infection involving Kerstersia gyiorum causing chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) have been reported worldwide. We report, for the first time, two cases of CSOM due to mixed infections involving K. gyiorum in adults in Africa. Both isolates were intermediate susceptible to ciprofloxacin based on European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) breakpoints.

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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