Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child

Ivaska Lauri; Alyazidi Raidan; Goldfar David M.; Hoang Linda
Dermacoccus sp. isolated from a brain abscess in a 4-year-old child

Ivaska Lauri
Alyazidi Raidan
Goldfar David M.
Hoang Linda
Katso/Avaa
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Elsevier B.V.
doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2019.05.033
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042822942
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Dermacoccus spp. have rarely been reported as human pathogens. We describe a case of a 4-year-old boywith congenital heart disease who was diagnosed with a brain abscess. The abscess was drained and thesample grew Streptococcus intermedius, Aggregatibacter aphrophilus and Dermacoccus sp..Dermacoccus grew after 5 days of incubation and the patient was treated with meropenem.

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