Brevibacterium
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Brevibacterium
Background
Microbiology
- Genus of Gram-positive irregular, slender bacilli in the order Micrococcales
- Resemble corynebacteria
- Species that have been isolated from humans include:
Clinical Manifestations
- Can cause central line infections in immunocompromised patients4
References
- ^ Georges Wauters, Bernard Van Bosterhaut, Véronique Avesani, René Cuvelier, Jacqueline Charlier, Michèle Janssens, Michel Delmée. Peritonitis Due to Brevibacterium otitidis in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2000;38(11):4292-4293. doi:10.1128/jcm.38.11.4292-4293.2000.
- ^ Nobuhiro Asai, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Atsuko Yamada, Hiroki Watanabe, Naoya Nishiyama, Daisuke Sakanashi, Hideo Kato, Arufumi Shiota, Mao Hagihara, Yusuke Koizumi, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo. Brevibacterium paucivorans bacteremia: case report and review of the literature. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2019;19(1). doi:10.1186/s12879-019-3962-y.
- ^ Maude Vecten, Frédérique Gouriet, Aline Cano, Didier Raoult. Brevibacterium massiliense bacteremia. IDCases. 2017;7:25-26. doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2016.11.010.
- ^ FNU Shweta, Pooja R. Gurram, John C. O’Horo, Sarwat Khalil. Brevibacterium Species: An Emerging Opportunistic Cause of Bloodstream Infections. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2021;96(4):1093-1094. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.01.022.
