Infection or Contamination with Rothia, Kocuria, Arthrobacter and Pseudoglutamicibacter — a Retrospective Observational Study of Non-Micrococcus Micrococcaceae in the Clinic
(2023) In Journal of Clinical Microbiology 61(4). p.1-9- Abstract
- Rothia, Kocuria, Arthrobacter, and Pseudoglutamicibacter are bacterial species within the family Micrococcaeae. Knowledge of human infections due to these bacteria is limited. This study aimed to examine features of infections caused by non-Micrococcus Micrococcaeae (NMM). Findings of NMM from blood cultures and other sterile cultures from 2012 to 2021 were identified from the records of the Department of Clinical Microbiology in Region Skåne, Lund, Sweden. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed. True infection was defined as having signs of infection, no other more likely pathogen, and no other focal infection, together with two positive blood cultures or one positive blood culture and an intravascular device. A total of 197... (More)
- Rothia, Kocuria, Arthrobacter, and Pseudoglutamicibacter are bacterial species within the family Micrococcaeae. Knowledge of human infections due to these bacteria is limited. This study aimed to examine features of infections caused by non-Micrococcus Micrococcaeae (NMM). Findings of NMM from blood cultures and other sterile cultures from 2012 to 2021 were identified from the records of the Department of Clinical Microbiology in Region Skåne, Lund, Sweden. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed. True infection was defined as having signs of infection, no other more likely pathogen, and no other focal infection, together with two positive blood cultures or one positive blood culture and an intravascular device. A total of 197 patients with findings of NMM in blood cultures were included. Among adult patients with bacteremia, 29 patients (22%) were considered to have a true infection. Adults with true infection were significantly more likely to have malignancy (69%), leukopenia (62%), and treatment with chemotherapeutics (66%) compared to patients with contaminated samples (24%, 3%, and 8%, respectively) (P (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/ffd14660-eb24-4dba-8f09-29fe20fc0689
- author
- Odeberg, Görel LU ; Bläckberg, Anna LU and Sunnerhagen, Torgny LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-04-20
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- volume
- 61
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 1 - 9
- publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:36946723
- scopus:85153411964
- ISSN
- 1098-660X
- DOI
- 10.1128/jcm.01484-22
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- ffd14660-eb24-4dba-8f09-29fe20fc0689
- date added to LUP
- 2023-03-22 19:43:29
- date last changed
- 2023-07-13 14:11:24
@article{ffd14660-eb24-4dba-8f09-29fe20fc0689, abstract = {{Rothia, Kocuria, Arthrobacter, and Pseudoglutamicibacter are bacterial species within the family Micrococcaeae. Knowledge of human infections due to these bacteria is limited. This study aimed to examine features of infections caused by non-Micrococcus Micrococcaeae (NMM). Findings of NMM from blood cultures and other sterile cultures from 2012 to 2021 were identified from the records of the Department of Clinical Microbiology in Region Skåne, Lund, Sweden. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed. True infection was defined as having signs of infection, no other more likely pathogen, and no other focal infection, together with two positive blood cultures or one positive blood culture and an intravascular device. A total of 197 patients with findings of NMM in blood cultures were included. Among adult patients with bacteremia, 29 patients (22%) were considered to have a true infection. Adults with true infection were significantly more likely to have malignancy (69%), leukopenia (62%), and treatment with chemotherapeutics (66%) compared to patients with contaminated samples (24%, 3%, and 8%, respectively) (P}}, author = {{Odeberg, Görel and Bläckberg, Anna and Sunnerhagen, Torgny}}, issn = {{1098-660X}}, language = {{eng}}, month = {{04}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{1--9}}, publisher = {{American Society for Microbiology}}, series = {{Journal of Clinical Microbiology}}, title = {{Infection or Contamination with Rothia, Kocuria, Arthrobacter and Pseudoglutamicibacter — a Retrospective Observational Study of Non-Micrococcus Micrococcaceae in the Clinic}}, url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/142789823/jcm.01484_22.pdf}}, doi = {{10.1128/jcm.01484-22}}, volume = {{61}}, year = {{2023}}, }