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Rev Chilena Infectol · Dec 2006
Case Reports[Leuconostoc infections in patients with short gut syndrome, parenteral nutrition and continuous enteral feeding].
- Leonor Jofré M, Andrea Sakurada Z, M Teresa Ulloa F, J Carlos Hormázabal O, Viviana Godoy M, Jorge Fernández O, Marcela Gutiérrez M, M Pilar Monteverde O, Marcela Castillo G, and Ana Canales P.
- Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile, Chile. leonorjofre@gmail.com
- Rev Chilena Infectol. 2006 Dec 1;23(4):340-5.
AbstractLeuconostoc is a gram-positive cocci, quite ubiquitous in nature. It is used in wine industry, and for aroma and texture of dairy products. Occasionally it has been isolated from humans in cases of bacteremia, catheter associated infections, sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia, UTI, osteomyelitis and hepatic dysfunction. Short bowel syndrome, patients with CVC and patients with gastrostomy undergoing enteral feeding, are described amongst the factors associated with this infection. The isolation of a gram-positive cocci, that does not hydrolyze arginine and that is resistant to vancomycin leads to this diagnostic possibility. Antibiotic treatment: penicillin or ampicillin.
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