BLOODSTREAM INFECTION DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP EQUISIMILIS IN A HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
2Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
J Clin Pract Res 2012; 34(1): 34-35 DOI: 10.5152/etd.2012.09
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Abstract

Catheter-related bacteremia is a frequent complication in patients undergoing hemodialysis. We report the first case of catheter-related bacteremia with Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp equisimilis in a patient on hemodialysis. The organism was isolated from both the hemodialysis catheter and blood of the patient. Although the hemodialysis cathether was removed and ceftriaxone was given, the patient died of a subarachnoidal bleeding complicating end-stage renal disease.


HEMODİYALİZ HASTASINDA STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP EQUISIMILIS’E BAĞLI KAN DOLAŞIM ENFEKSİYONU
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
2Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Journal of Clinical Practice and Research 2012; 1(34): 34-35 DOI: 10.5152/etd.2012.09

Kateter ilişkili bakteriyemi hemodiyaliz hastalarında sık görülen bir komplikasyondur. Burada bir hemodiyaliz hastasında Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp equisimilis’in etken olduğu ilk bakteriyemi olgusu sunulmaktadır. Mikroorganizma hastanın hem kateterinden hem de kan kültüründen izole edildi. Hastanın kateteri çıkarıldı ve seftriakson tedavisi uygulandı ancak hasta son dönem böbrek yetmezliğine bağlı subaraknoid kanama nedeniyle kaybedildi.