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Granulicatella adiacens as a Cause of Bacteremia in Immunocompromised Patients: A Case Report

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Granulicatella species were previously known as nutritionally variant streptococci, which are now classified in two new genera, the Abiotrophia and Granulicatella. Granulicatella adiacens (G. adiacens) is a part the normal commensals of human mucosal surfaces, including oral cavity, urogenital and gastrointestinal tract and rarely causing disease. They grow in Gram-positive cocci in pairs and chains, difficult to be identified by conventional methods, since this species require pyridoxal-supplemented culture media for optimal growth. We report a case of bacteremia caused by G. adiacens in an elderly male suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma. The infection was diagnosed, the patient was treated successfully and eventually discharged. G. adiacens is an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients especially neutropenic or patients with comorbid conditions as diabetes or other systemic illnesses, particularly if they required long hospitalization and intensive care unit admission. Infection rate may be underestimated either unidentified or misidentified, since the organism necessitates automated identification.

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2023.212229.1292

Keywords

Bacteremia, Granulicatella adiacens, Nutritionally deficient Streptococcus, Septicemia

Authors

First Name

Basma

Last Name

Sherif

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Affiliation

Clinical Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

dr.basma.sherif@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-9968-3301

First Name

Yasmeen

Last Name

Mahmood

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Clinical Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

yasmeen.ibraheem@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-5286-0235

Volume

13

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

41559

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-05-24

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

126

Page End

130

Print ISSN

2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

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622

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Publication Title

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/

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Granulicatella adiacens as a Cause of Bacteremia in Immunocompromised Patients: A Case Report

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24 Dec 2024