Volume 6, Number 4—August 2000
Dispatch
Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by a Gordonia Species in a Patient with a Central Venous Catheter
Olivier Lesens*
, Yves Hansmann*, Philippe Riegel†, Rémy Heller†, Mohamed Benaissa-Djellouli*, Martin Martinot*, Hélène Petit‡, and Daniel Christmann*
, Yves Hansmann*, Philippe Riegel†, Rémy Heller†, Mohamed Benaissa-Djellouli*, Martin Martinot*, Hélène Petit‡, and Daniel Christmann*Table 2
Types of infection caused by Gordonia species and patients' underlying conditions
| Type of infection | Cases (No.) | Age (yrs) | Gordonia species | Underlying conditions | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sternal wound | 7 | 51 to 68 | G. bronchialis | Surgery | Richet et al. (10) |
| Mediastinitis | 1 | 54 | G. sputi | Surgery | Kuwabara et al. (12) |
| Brain abscess | 1 | 40 | G. terrae | None | Drancourt et al. (14) |
| 1 | 3 | G. terrae | Cerebral tumor | Drancourt et al. (13) | |
| Lung infection | 1 | 29 | G. rubropertincta | Tuberculosis | Hart et al. (11) |
| Bacteremia due to central venous catheter | 2 | 43 | Gordonia spa | Breast and ovarian cancer | Buchman et al. (2) |
| 65 | G. terrae | Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome | |||
| Bacteremia due to cutaneous lesions | 1 | 34 | G. sputi | Metastatic melanoma IL2 treatmentb | Riegel et al. (1) |
| Skin infection | 1 | 7 | G. terrae | None | Martin et al. (16) |
aNot identified;
bIL2 = interleukin-2.
