Gordonia terrae: A difficult-to-diagnose emerging pathogen? [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1076-1077

  Blanc, V ^a   Dalle, M ^a   Markarian, A ^a   Debunne, M V ^a   Duplay, E ^a   Rodriguez Nava, V ^b   Boiron, P ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier d'Antibes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EYELID DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GORDONIA; GORDONIA TERRAE; GRAM STAINING; LETTER; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GORDONIA TERRAE;

EID: 33947279101     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02394-06     Document Type: Letter

References (13)

1. Bakker, X. R., P. H. Spauwen, and W. M. Dolmans. 2004. Mycetoma of the hand caused by Gordona terrae: a case report. J. Hand Surg. (Br.) 29:188-190.
2. Brown-Elliott, B. A., J. M. Brown, P. S. Conville, and R. J. Wallace, Jr. 2006. Clinical and laboratory features of the Nocardia spp. based on current molecular taxonomy. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 19:259-282.
3. Drancourt, M., M. M. McNeil, J. M. Brown, B. A. Lasker, M. Maurin, M. Choux, and D. Raoult. 1994. Brain abscess due to Gordona terrae in an immunocompromised child: case report and review of infections caused by G. terrae. Clin. Infect. Dis. 19:258-262.
4. Euzeby, J. P. Accessed 14 November 2006. List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature. [Online.] http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/ allnamesdl.html.
5. Gil-Sande, E., M. Brun-Otero, F. Campo-Cerecedo, E. Esteban, L. Aguilar, and J. García-de-Lomas. 2006. Etiological misidentification by routine biochemical tests of bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae infection in the curse of an episode of acute cholecystitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:2645-2647.
6. Herve, H. M., M. D. Richet, P.C. Craven, J. M. Brown, B. A. Lasker, C. D. Cox, M. M. McNeil, A. D. Tice, W. R. Jarvis, and O. C. Tablan. 1991. A cluster of Rhodococcus (Gordona) bronchialis sternal-wound infections after coronary-artery bypass surgery. N. Engl. J. Med. 324:104-109.
7. Iida, S., H. Taniguchi, A. Kageyama, K. Yazawa, H. Chibana, S. Murata, F. Nomura, R. M. Kroppenstedt, and Y. Mikami. 2005. Gordonia otitidis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with external otitis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:1871-1876.
8. Kageyama, A., S. Iida, K. Yazawa, T. Kudo, S. Suzuki, T. Koga, H. Saito, H. Inagawa, A. Wada, R. M. Kroppenstedt, and Y. Mikami. 2006. Gordonia araii sp. nov. and Gordonia effusa sp. nov., isolated from patients in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56:1817-1821.
9. Lesens, O., Y. Hansmann, P. Riegel, R. Heller, M. Benaissa-Djellouli, M. Martinot, H. Petit, and D. Christmann. 2000. Bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Gordonia species in a patient with a central venous catheter. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 6:382-385.
10. Osoagbaka, O. U. 1989. Evidence for the pathogenic role of Rhodococcus species in pulmonary diseases. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 66:497-506.
11. Pham, A. S., I. D. Kenneth, V. Rolston, J. J. Tarrand, and X. Y. Han. 2003. Catheter-related bacteremia caused by the nocardioform actinomycete Gordonia terrae. Clin. Infect. Dis. 36:524-527.
12. Verma, P., J. M. Brown, V. H. Nunez, R. E. Morey, A. G. Steigerwalt, G. J. Pellegrini, and H. A. Kessler. 2006. Native valve endocarditis due to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans: case report and review of literature of bloodstream infections caused by Gordonia species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:1905-1908.
13. Zardawi, I. M., F. Jones, D. A. Clark, and J. Holland. 2004. Gordonia terrae-induced suppurative granulomatous mastitis following nipple piercing. Pathology 36:275-278.