Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Dispatch
Endofungal Mycetohabitans rhizoxinica Bacteremia Associated with Rhizopus microsporus Respiratory Tract Infection
Shangxin Yang
, Victoria Anikst, and Paul C. Adamson
, Victoria Anikst, and Paul C. Adamson
Table
Antibiotic susceptibility results for Mycetohabitans rhizoxinica isolate from a 65-year-old woman with multiple myeloma undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy admitted to the hospital for worsening foot and ankle pain, California, USA*
| Antibiotic | MIC, µg/mL* |
|---|---|
| Amoxicillin/clavulanate | ≤2 |
| Ceftriaxone | ≤1 |
| Ceftazidime | ≤0.5 |
| Ceftolozane/tazobactam | ≤0.5 |
| Cefepime | ≤0.5 |
| Ceftazidime/avibactam | ≤2 |
| Ertapenem | ≤0.25 |
| Imipenem | ≤1 |
| Meropenem | ≤0.25 |
| Piperacillin/tazobactam | ≤8 |
| Amikacin | 8 |
| Gentamicin | ≤1 |
| Tobramycin | ≤1 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 0.5 |
| Levofloxacin | ≤0.5 |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | ≤1/20 |
*Susceptibility testing was performed on broth-microdilution panels prepared in-house in accordance with CLSI guidelines from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (https://www.clsi.org).
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