Infections related to Granulicatella adiacens: Report of two cases and review of literature

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Oct-Dec;34(4):547-550. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.195377.

Abstract

Infections due to nutritionally variant streptococci are diagnosed rarely due to difficulties encountered during identification and isolation. Mortality rate in these infections is high therefore appropriate supplemented media and reliable detection systems should be implemented to isolate these fastidious organisms. Here, we describe two cases of Granulicatella adiacens infections. All microbiologic identifications were made with MALDI-TOF Vitek MS (BioMerieux, France), and the results confirmed by 16S ribotyping.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carnobacteriaceae / chemistry
  • Carnobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Carnobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Ribotyping
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S