| H01050 | |
| H number | H01050 |
| Name | Tsukamurella infection |
| Description | Tsukamurella species are aerobic gram-positive rods from the order Actinomycetales. They have been uncommonly reported as a cause of different human infections, including peritonitis, conjunctivitis, meningitis, tenosynovitis, prosthetic joint infections, cutaneous infections, tuberculosis-like respiratory infection, and catheter-related bloodstream infections. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Tsukamurella paurometabola [GN:tpr] Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens [GN:tsm] Tsukamurella pulmonis Tsukamurella inchonensis Tsukamurella strandjordae |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | Tsukamurella spp. are resistant to cefoxitin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1B2Z |
| Reference | PMID:18810513 AUTHORS Bouza E, Perez-Parra A, Rosal M, Martin-Rabadan P, Rodriguez-Creixems M, Marin M TITLE Tsukamurella: a cause of catheter-related bloodstream infections. JOURNAL Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 28:203-10 (2009) DOI:10.1007/s10096-008-0607-2 PMID:12228839 AUTHORS Schwartz MA, Tabet SR, Collier AC, Wallis CK, Carlson LC, Nguyen TT, Kattar MM, Coyle MB TITLE Central venous catheter-related bacteremia due to Tsukamurella species in the immunocompromised host: a case series and review of the literature. JOURNAL Clin Infect Dis 35:e72-7 (2002) DOI:10.1086/342561 |