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Case Reports
. 2006 Sep;44(9):3461-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01050-06.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Dolosigranulum pigrum

A Hoedemaekers  1 , T Schülin, B Tonk, W J G Melchers, P D J Sturm
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Case Reports

Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Dolosigranulum pigrum

A Hoedemaekers et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

Dolosigranulum pigrum is an unusual gram-positive catalase-negative coccus. It was isolated, only after prolonged incubation, from bronchial secretions from a patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy. Identification was done by 16S rRNA DNA sequence analysis, but it can be done with relatively simple phenotypic tests.

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