First Reported Case of Postneurosurgical Ventriculoperitonitis Due to Kocuria rhizophila Following a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement. Issue 3 (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mathy, Vincent; Chousterman, Benjamin; Munier, Anne-Lise; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Jacquier, Hervé; Péan de Ponfilly, Gauthier
• Is Part Of: Infectious diseases in clinical practice. Volume 28:Issue 3(2020:May)
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: neurosurgery -- Kocuria rhizophila -- nosocomial infection; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000829
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1056-9103

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Kocuria rhizophila, a Gram-positive coccus, is usually regarded as a contaminant. It has been described in catheter device–related infections in children, but never as being involved in central nervous system infections. We report here for the first time a case of ventriculoperitonitis due to K. rhizophila in adult, identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Abstract : Kocuria rhizophila, a gram-positive coccus, is usually regarded as a contaminant. It has been described in catheter-device related infections in children, but never as being involved in central nervous system infections. The authors report here the first case of a ventriculoperitonitis due to K. rhizophila in adults, identifi ed by MALDI-TOF MS and 16S rRNA gene sequencing.