Bacteremia by Dermabacter hominis, a rare pathogen

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Jun;39(6):2356-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2356-2357.2001.

Abstract

Dermabacter hominis is a gram-positive, catalase-positive, glucose-fermenting rod, which, as it grows forms small greyish-white colonies with a characteristic pungent odor. Previously known as coryneform Centers for Disease Control and Prevention groups 3 and 5, it was catalogued as D. hominis in 1994. Various strains isolated in blood cultures, abscesses, or wounds in the 1970s were retrospectively characterized in referral centers as D. hominis. In this report we describe two patients with severe underlying pathology who developed bacteremias by D. hominis within the context of their clinical pictures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales / classification*
  • Actinomycetales / isolation & purification
  • Actinomycetales / pathogenicity*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Culture Media
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male

Substances

  • Culture Media