A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen

Actinomyces europaeus is a sub-species of actinomyces first isolated in humans in 1997. It is commensal bacteria found within the genitourinary and gastrointestinal tract. Although it is known to cause soft tissue infection and has been known to cause abscesses, it has never been identified as the p...

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Autores principales: Allen, Neill, James, Georgina, Jain, Yogesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab533
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description Actinomyces europaeus is a sub-species of actinomyces first isolated in humans in 1997. It is commensal bacteria found within the genitourinary and gastrointestinal tract. Although it is known to cause soft tissue infection and has been known to cause abscesses, it has never been identified as the primary pathogen in a case of necrotizing fasciitis. We present the case of a 59-year-old man with recurrent groin infections, poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes and obesity who developed necrotizing fasciitis of his lower abdominal wall secondary to Actinomyces europaeus. We discuss the clinical course and the value of early identification of the pathogen and specialist microbiologist advice.
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spelling pubmed-86739742021-12-16 A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen Allen, Neill James, Georgina Jain, Yogesh J Surg Case Rep Case Report Actinomyces europaeus is a sub-species of actinomyces first isolated in humans in 1997. It is commensal bacteria found within the genitourinary and gastrointestinal tract. Although it is known to cause soft tissue infection and has been known to cause abscesses, it has never been identified as the primary pathogen in a case of necrotizing fasciitis. We present the case of a 59-year-old man with recurrent groin infections, poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes and obesity who developed necrotizing fasciitis of his lower abdominal wall secondary to Actinomyces europaeus. We discuss the clinical course and the value of early identification of the pathogen and specialist microbiologist advice. Oxford University Press 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8673974/ /pubmed/34925755 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab533 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
title A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
title_full A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
title_fullStr A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
title_short A rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by Actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
title_sort rare case of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis caused by actinomyces europaeus—a novel pathogen
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673974/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab533
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