A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii

Actinomyces europeaeus and Actinotignum schaalii are two facultative anaerobes that are common contaminants of human flora; namely the urinary tract, the female genital tract and the gastrointestinal tract. A. europeaeus has been linked with abscesses, decubitus ulcers and purulent urethritis, while...

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Autores principales: Kus, Nicole Joanne, Kim, Bryan Jordan, Ross, Howard M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz286
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description Actinomyces europeaeus and Actinotignum schaalii are two facultative anaerobes that are common contaminants of human flora; namely the urinary tract, the female genital tract and the gastrointestinal tract. A. europeaeus has been linked with abscesses, decubitus ulcers and purulent urethritis, while A. schaalii has been associated with urinary tract infections, bacteremia and Fournier’s gangrene. Here we present a case report of an 84-year-old female patient found to have a necrotizing soft tissue infection caused by A. europeaeus and A. schaalii. To our knowledge, this is the first case report that documents A. europeaeus as a causal agent of a necrotizing infection.
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spelling pubmed-67961882019-10-21 A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii Kus, Nicole Joanne Kim, Bryan Jordan Ross, Howard M J Surg Case Rep Case Report Actinomyces europeaeus and Actinotignum schaalii are two facultative anaerobes that are common contaminants of human flora; namely the urinary tract, the female genital tract and the gastrointestinal tract. A. europeaeus has been linked with abscesses, decubitus ulcers and purulent urethritis, while A. schaalii has been associated with urinary tract infections, bacteremia and Fournier’s gangrene. Here we present a case report of an 84-year-old female patient found to have a necrotizing soft tissue infection caused by A. europeaeus and A. schaalii. To our knowledge, this is the first case report that documents A. europeaeus as a causal agent of a necrotizing infection. Oxford University Press 2019-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6796188/ /pubmed/31636892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz286 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii
title A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii
title_full A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii
title_fullStr A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii
title_full_unstemmed A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii
title_short A case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of Actinomyces europaeus and Actinotignum schaalii
title_sort case report of necrotizing fasciitis with growth of actinomyces europaeus and actinotignum schaalii
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31636892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz286
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