Recurrent bacteremia with different strains of Streptococcus pyogenes in an immunocompromised child

Takuya Hattori; Masaaki Minami; Kotaro Narita; Tomohiko Nakata; Seiko Itomi; Kinya Kubota; Teruaki Oya; Hideki Nishiyama; Hideki Kato; Norihiro Yuasa

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2015.12.014

Recurrent bacteremia with different strains of Streptococcus pyogenes in an immunocompromised child

J Infect Chemother. 2016 Jun;22(6):421-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.12.014. Epub 2016 Feb 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. Electronic address: hattori.takuya@gmail.com.
² Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
⁵ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.

PMID: 26846458
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.12.014

Abstract

We report an immunocompromised child who experienced two episodes of bacteremia due to Streptococcus pyogenes. Random amplification of polymorphic DNA profiles, emm genotypes, superantigen profiles, antimicrobial susceptibility, and resistance-related genes were investigated, and the results showed different profiles between the two isolates. This is the first report describing recurrent bacteremia caused by different strains of S. pyogenes.

Keywords: Immunocompromised child; Recurrent bacteremia; Streptococcus pyogenes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / immunology
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Leg
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Recurrence
Species Specificity
Streptococcal Infections / immunology
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcus pyogenes* / drug effects
Streptococcus pyogenes* / immunology