Weissella confusa: a rare cause of vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteraemia

Authors :: Rosamma Philip
Anu M. Kurian
Kavitha R Dinesh
Anil Kumar
Shamsul Karim
Deepthi Augustine
S. Sudhindran
Source :: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60:1539-1541
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Microbiology Society, 2011.
Abstract: We describe a case of bacteraemia caused by Weissella confusa in a 48-year-old male who was operated on for adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction and maintained on total parenteral nutrition. Blood cultures were positive for a vancomycin-resistant streptococcus-like organism which was identified as W. confusa by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

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