Catheter-related bloodstream infection due to biofilm-producing Capnocytophaga sputigena

Shelcie Fabre; Yesha Malik; Adriana van De Guchte; Lourdes A. Delgado-Noguera; Melissa R. Gitman; Michael D. Nowak; Emilia M. Sordillo; Matthew M. Hernandez; Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi

IDCases (Jan 2021)

Catheter-related bloodstream infection due to biofilm-producing Capnocytophaga sputigena

Shelcie Fabre,
Yesha Malik,
Adriana van De Guchte,
Lourdes A. Delgado-Noguera,
Melissa R. Gitman,
Michael D. Nowak,
Emilia M. Sordillo,
Matthew M. Hernandez,
Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi

Affiliations

Shelcie Fabre: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Yesha Malik: Department of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Adriana van De Guchte: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Lourdes A. Delgado-Noguera: Infectious Diseases Division, Venezuelan Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Barquisimeto, Lara, 3001, Venezuela; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Barquisimeto, Lara, 3001, Venezuela; Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Lara, 3001, Venezuela
Melissa R. Gitman: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA; Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Michael D. Nowak: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA; Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Emilia M. Sordillo: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA; Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Matthew M. Hernandez: Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA; Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA; Corresponding author at: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25
p. e01231

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Capnocytophaga sputigena is a facultatively-anaerobic bacterium that is part of the human oropharyngeal microflora. Although C. sputigena bacteremia is uncommon, systemic infections have been reported in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by C. sputigena and highlight its enhanced biofilm-forming capacity in vitro.

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ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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