Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients.

McWhinney, P H M; Kibbler, C C; Gillespie, S H; Patel, S; Morrison, Donald; Hoffbrand, A V; Prentice, H G

Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients.

McWhinney, P H M; Kibbler, C C; Gillespie, S H; Patel, S; Morrison, Donald; Hoffbrand, A V; Prentice, H G

Authors

P H M McWhinney

C C Kibbler

S H Gillespie

S Patel

Dr Donald Morrison D.Morrison2@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor

A V Hoffbrand

H G Prentice

Abstract

Stomatococcus mucilaginosus was isolated from eight neutropenic patients during nine febrile episodes over a 13-month period. Five of these isolates were from definite infections, including one case of fatal meningitis. This slime-producing, catalase-variable, gram-positive coccus is a component of the normal oral flora of humans. Its biochemical profile may result in misidentification; however, unlike most micrococci, it characteristically fails to grow on media containing 5% NaCl. All but one of our isolates were sensitive to benzylpenicillin, and all were sensitive to vancomycin. S. mucilaginosus may prove to be an important pathogen in severely immunocompromised patients.

Citation

McWhinney, P. H. M., Kibbler, C. C., Gillespie, S. H., Patel, S., Morrison, D., Hoffbrand, A. V., & Prentice, H. G. (1992). Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 14, 641-646

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	1992
Deposit Date	Jun 11, 2015
Print ISSN	1058-4838
Electronic ISSN	1537-6591
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	14
Pages	641-646
Keywords	Stomatococcus mucilaginosus; neutropenic patients; human pathogens;
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8649
Publisher URL	http://www.jstor.org/stable/4456351