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T Monsen1, M Granlund, K Olofsson
1Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University, Sweden.
Abstract:
Septicaemia caused by the vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteria Leuconostoc spp. is uncommon. We report a case of Leuconostoc spp. septicaemia in a child with short bowel syndrome fed through a central venous catheter and a gastrostomy. Leuconostoc spp. were isolated from several blood cultures. Despite several courses of antibiotics the fever continued and her condition deteriorated. After removal of the thrombotized central venous catheter her condition improved. Leuconostoc spp. was isolated from the thrombotic masses.

