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| | CDC - Streptomyces bikiniensis Bacteremia |
 | | We describe the isolation of Streptomyces bikiniensis from multiple blood cultures in a single patient over the course of 1 week, further illustrating that Streptomyces is pathogenic and a cause of bacteremia even in the absence of overt clinical symptoms and risk factors. |
 | | The Streptomyces isolate was susceptible to vancomycin, amikacin, cotrimoxazole, erythromycin, cephazolin, and tetracycline and was resistant to ampicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and clindamycin. |
 | | Streptomyces isolated from blood cultures should not be dismissed as contaminants without careful consideration of the clinical situation; the isolation of Streptomyces from repeat blood cultures strongly suggests a pathogenic role. |
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