Dermabacter hominis

Background

• Factulative anaerobic, catalase-positive, non-motile irregular gram-positive"gram-positive" is not in the list (Gram-positive, Gram-negative, acid-fast, partially acid-fast, Gram-variable) of allowed values for the "Stain" property. bacillus
• Member of skin flora

Clinical Manifestations

• Bacteremia, abscess, vascular graft infection, osteomyelitis, wound infection, eye infection, peritoneal dialysis infection

Management

• Routinely susceptible to vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid
• Variable susceptibility to beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, and clindamycin
• Possibly daptomycin-resistant