Streptococcus bovis bacteremia from a venous access port in a patient with AIDS

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 764-766

  Angel Moreno, Alfonso ^a   Bolaños, Margarita ^a   Buceta, Enrique ^a   Hernández, Michele ^a   Francés, Adela ^a   Pérez Arellano, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; RETINITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744384632     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540260348563     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Zarkin BA, Lillemoe KD, Cameron JL, Effron PN, Magnuson TH, Pitt HA. The triad of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia, colonic pathology, and liver disease. Ann Surg 1990; 211: 786-91.
2. Ballet M, Gevigney G, Gare JP, Delahaye F, Etienne J, Delahaye JP. Infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus bovis. A report of 53 cases. Eur Heart J 1995; 16: 1975-80.
3. Meyer CN, Skinhoj P, Prag J. Bacteremia in HIV-positive and AIDS patients: incidence, species distribution, risk-factors, outcome, and influence of long-term prophylactic antibiotic treatment. Scand J Infect Dis 1994; 26: 635-42.
4. Manfredi R, Nanetti A, Ferri M, Calza L, Tadolini M, Chiodo F. Streptococcus bovis bacteremia in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus: case reports and literature review. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1999; 18: 148-50.
5. Selton-Suty C, Hoen B, Delahaye F, Lacassin F, Goulet V, Etienne J, et al. Comparison of infective endocarditis in patients with and without previously recognized heart disease. Am J Cardiol 1996; 77: 1134-7.
6. Duval X, Papastamopoulos V, Longuet P, Benoit C, Perronne C, Leport C, et al. Definite Streptococcus bovis endocarditis: characteristics in 20 patients. Clin Microbiol Infect 2001; 7: 3-10.
7. Klein RS, Recco RA, Catalano MT, Edberg SC, Casey JI, Steigbigel NH. Association of Streptococcus bovis with carcinoma of the colon. N Engl J Med 1977; 297: 800-2.
8. Potter MA, Cunliffe NA, Smith M, Miles RS, Flapan AD, Dunlop MG. A prospective controlled study of the association of Streptococcus bovis with colorectal carcinoma. J Clin Pathol 1998; 51: 473-4.
9. Ruoff KL, Miller SI, Garner CV, Ferraro MJ, Calderwood SB. Bacteremia with Streptococcus bovis and Streptococcus salivarius: clinical correlates of more accurate identification of isolates. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27: 305-8.
10. González-Quintela A, Martinez-Rey C, Castroagudin JF, Rajo-Iglesias MC, Dominguez-Santalla MJ. Prevalence of liver disease in patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia. J Infect 2001; 42: 116-9.
11. Kaye BR, Kearns PJ. Streptococcus bovis catheter infection and the short bowel syndrome. Am J Med 1986; 80: 735-7.
12. Ellmerich S, Djouder N, Scholler M, Klein JP. Production of cytokines by monocytes, epithelial and endothelial cells, activated by Streptococcus bovis. Cytokine 2000; 12: 26-31.
13. Fauci AS, Schnittman SM, Poli G, Koenig S, Pantaleo G. Immunopathogenic mechanisms in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Ann Intern Med 1991; 114: 678-93.