Rothia dentocariosa Infection in a Critically Ill Patient with Multiple Myeloma- First Case Report from India
Published: December 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/30698.10951
Kausalya Raghuraman, Nishat Hussain Ahmed, Frincy Khandelwal Baruah, Rajesh Grover
1. Demonstrator, Department of Microbiology, Pt B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Ocular Microbiology Section, Dr. R P Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
3. Specialist, Department of Microbiology, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India.
4. Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Nishat Hussain Ahmed,
705, Ocular Microbiology, Dr. R P Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
E-mail: drnishathussain@rediffmail.com
Rothia dentocariosa is a Gram positive organism, known to cause infection very rarely in immunocompromised patients. We report isolation of Rothia dentocariosa in blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) of an elderly patient with multiple myeloma. The present case highlights pathogenic role of an uncommon Gram positive organism. To the best of our knowledge Rothia dentocariosa is being reported for the first time from India, in an immunocompromised patient with haematological malignancy.
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