Several isolates of vancomycin-resistant Lactobacillus confusus from human sources have been described, but to our knowledge, no well-documented infection attributable to this organism has been published. A thumb abscess caused by this bacterium in a healthy 49-year-old male is reported here. He was successfully treated by surgical drainage and cephalothin

Bantar, C E

Bianchini, H M

Castell, F R

Relloso, S

Smayevsky, J

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Several isolates of vancomycin-resistant Lactobacillus confusus from human sources have been described, but to our knowledge, no well-documented infection attributable to this organism has been published. A thumb abscess caused by this bacterium in a healthy 49-year-old male is reported here. He was successfully treated by surgical drainage and cephalothin. Vancomycin is used for treating infections caused by gram-positive cocci (5). Vancomycin resistance is a charac-teristic of members of the genera Leuconostoc and Pedio-coccus, and isolation of members of both genera has been reported with increasing frequency (7, 9-11). Lactobacillus confusus may often be mistaken for these gram-positive cocci (1, 11). Although isolates from human sources have been described previously (1, 3, 10, 11, 13), no well-documented infections caused by this bacterium have been reported (13). We present herein one such case. Case report. A healthy 49-year-old male was admitted t

C. E. Bantar

Lt S. Relloso

F. Rodriguez Castell

J. Smayevsky

H. M. Bianchini

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Abscess caused by vancomycin-resistant Lactobacillus confusus.

Abscess caused by vancomycin-resistant Lactobacillus confusus.

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