Life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infections in intravenous-drug users and ermA-mediated erythromycin resistance

Patrick C.Y. Woo; Herman Tse; Samson S.Y. Wong; Cindy W.S. Tse; Ami M.Y. Fung; Dorothy M.W. Tam; Susanna K.P. Lau; Kwok Yung Yuen

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6205-6208.2005

Life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infections in intravenous-drug users and ermA-mediated erythromycin resistance

Patrick C.Y. Woo, Herman Tse, Samson S.Y. Wong, Cindy W.S. Tse, Ami M.Y. Fung, Dorothy M.W. Tam, Susanna K.P. Lau, Kwok Yung Yuen

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Abstract

We report the first two cases of life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infection, with primary bacteremia and empyema thoracis, respectively. Gram smears of both H. kunzii isolates showed a mixture of gram-positive and gram-negative cocci. The isolate from the first patient, resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin, possessed an ermA gene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6205-6208
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	43
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.12.6205-6208.2005
Publication status	Published - Dec 2005
Externally published	Yes

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