Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects

Streptococcus constellatus (S.constellatus), normal commensal bacteria of the human oral cavity is known to be associated with abscess formation and/or bacteremias. This is an infrequently isolated organism from the blood culture of the patients and is considered pathogenic when isolated. Because of...

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Main Authors: CHAKRAPANI KAMMINENI, VASU BURLI, SREEKANTHREDDY BASIREDDY, SUDHAKAR
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Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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spelling doaj-a89248c10ed546d19f6cada43cf68f142020-11-25T01:10:23ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2019-01-01131 DD01 DD0210.7860/JCDR/2019/39695.12433Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological AspectsCHAKRAPANI KAMMINENI0VASU BURLI1SREEKANTHREDDY BASIREDDY2SUDHAKAR3Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, Rainbow Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.Consultant Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, Rainbow Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.Consultant Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, Rainbow Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.Streptococcus constellatus (S.constellatus), normal commensal bacteria of the human oral cavity is known to be associated with abscess formation and/or bacteremias. This is an infrequently isolated organism from the blood culture of the patients and is considered pathogenic when isolated. Because of the increased usage and wide availability of newer automated methods and other technological advances, better isolation and identification of these organisms has been possible. We report a case of S.constellatus bacteremia associated with abscess in an 11-month-old child. https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12433/39695_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA(AK)_PB(NC_AG)_PN(SL).pdfantibioticsblood culturelymphadenitis
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author CHAKRAPANI KAMMINENI
VASU BURLI
SREEKANTHREDDY BASIREDDY
SUDHAKAR
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VASU BURLI
SREEKANTHREDDY BASIREDDY
SUDHAKAR
Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
antibiotics
blood culture
lymphadenitis
author_facet CHAKRAPANI KAMMINENI
VASU BURLI
SREEKANTHREDDY BASIREDDY
SUDHAKAR
author_sort CHAKRAPANI KAMMINENI
title Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects
title_short Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects
title_full Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects
title_fullStr Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects
title_full_unstemmed Case Report of Streptococcus constellatus Bacteremia in an 11-Month-old Child-clinical and Microbiological Aspects
title_sort case report of streptococcus constellatus bacteremia in an 11-month-old child-clinical and microbiological aspects
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Streptococcus constellatus (S.constellatus), normal commensal bacteria of the human oral cavity is known to be associated with abscess formation and/or bacteremias. This is an infrequently isolated organism from the blood culture of the patients and is considered pathogenic when isolated. Because of the increased usage and wide availability of newer automated methods and other technological advances, better isolation and identification of these organisms has been possible. We report a case of S.constellatus bacteremia associated with abscess in an 11-month-old child.
topic antibiotics
blood culture
lymphadenitis
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12433/39695_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA(AK)_PB(NC_AG)_PN(SL).pdf
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