Abstract

Neonatal<i>Granulicatella elegans</i>Bacteremia, London, UK

Highlights

  • To the Editor: Granulicatella elegans, a bacterium found in normal human oral flora, is generally associated with infective endocarditis

  • Gram staining of the colonies showed gram-positive bacilli that were morphologically similar to those isolated from placenta

  • The possibility of nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) should be considered when gram-positive cocci or bacilli are seen on Gram staining, but the cocci/bacilli grow poorly on nonsupplemented media

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Summary

Introduction

Spotted fever group Rickettsia in ticks from southeastern Spain natural parks. 5. Ruiz-Fons F, Fernández de Mera IG, Acevedo P, Höfle U, Vicente J, de la Fuente J, et al Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: geographical and temporal distribution. 9. de la Fuente J, Naranjo V, Ruiz-Fons F, Vicente J, Estrada-Peña A, Almazán C, et al Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from European wild boar (Sus scrofa) and Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in central Spain. To the Editor: Granulicatella elegans, a bacterium found in normal human oral flora, is generally associated with infective endocarditis.

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