Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural infection: case report and review of the literature

  • J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr;49(4):1662-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02121-10.
Jennifer A Johnson  1 ,  Andrew B Onderdonk ,  Lisa A Cosimi ,  Sigal Yawetz ,  Brent A Lasker ,  Shanna J Bolcen ,  June M Brown ,  Francisco M Marty
Affiliations
  • 1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [email protected]
PMID: 21270217 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02121-10
Abstract

Gordonia species are aerobic actinomycetes recently recognized as causing human disease, often in the setting of intravascular catheter-related infections. We describe a case of Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural space Infection in the absence of an indwelling intravascular catheter and review the breadth of reported infections with this emerging pathogen.