Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
Letter
Recurrent Bordetella holmesii Bacteremia and Nasal Carriage in a Patient Receiving Rituximab
Liem Binh Luong Nguyen, Loïc Epelboin, Jean Gabarre, Marylin Lecso, Sophie Guillot, François Bricaire, Eric Caumes, and Nicole Guiso
Table
Antimicrobial resistance profile of Bordetella holmesii isolates in vitro, France,, December 2010–March 2011*
| Antimicrobial agent |
Antimicrobial drug MICs†, μg/mL, by isolate‡ |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood, d 1 |
Blood, d 24 |
Blood, d 33 |
Blood, d 74 |
NPS, d 105 |
|
| Amoxicillin | <2 | <2 | NA# | 16 | <2 |
| Cefoxitin | <8 | >256 | >256 | >256 | >256 |
| Cefotaxime | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 |
| Nalidixic acid | <16 | <16 | <16 | 64 | >256 |
| Trimethroprim | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 |
| Sulfamethoxazole | >512 | >512 | >512 | >512 | >512 |
*MICs corresponding to a drug resistance, which may reflect the general interpretation for nonfermenting bacteria, are in boldface. NPS, nasopharyngeal swab; NA, no available data.
†MICs were determined by E-test on Bordet–Gengou agar.
‡Site and day (d) of collection of isolate.
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