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Septicaemia caused by Pediococcus pentosaceus: a new opportunistic pathogen
G D Corcoran1, N Gibbons, T E Mulvihill
1Department of Microbiology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
The Journal of Infection
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of septicaemia caused by Pediococcus pentosaceus is described. The role played by pediococci, and other vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive cocci, in disease states is examined. We suggest that in immunocompromised patients these organisms act as opportunist pathogens. This would appear to be the first reported case of P. pentosaceus septicaemia.