A rare cause of agents of bacteremia: Leuconostoc spp.

Öz

After repeated bacteremia attacks in 53-year-old female patient with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) under immunosuppressive treatment, Leuconostoc spp. is isolated from blood culture. Leuconostoc spp. is a vancomycin natural resistant Gram-positive bacterium common in nature. Although it is rarely isolated as an agent in infections, it causes various systemic infections especially in immunosuppressive patients. This case is presented for the first isolation of Leuconostoc spp., as an agent of bacteremia in our laboratory.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Immunosuppression; blood culture; Leuconostoc spp.; vancomycin resistance.

Nadir rastlanan bir bakteriyemi etkeni: Leuconostoc spp

Öz

İmmünsüpresif tedavi alan akut myelositik lösemili (AML) 53 yaşındaki kadın hastada tekrarlayan bakteriyemi atakları sonrasında, kan kültürü örneğinden Leuconostoc spp. izole edildi. Doğada yaygın olarak bulunan Leuconostoc spp. vankomisine doğal dirençli Gram pozitif bir bakteridir. Enfeksiyonlarda nadiren hastalık etkeni olarak soyutlansa da özellikle immünsüprese hastalarda çeşitli sistemik enfeksiyonlara neden olmaktadır. Bu olgu laboratuvarımızda ilk kez bakteriyemi etkeni olarak Leuconostoc spp izole edilmesinden dolayı sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İmmünosüpresyon; kan kültürü; Leuconostoc spp.; vankomisin direnci.

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