A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection

Sarcina ventriculi is a Gram-positive anaerobic coccus found in soil that is a rare cause of inflammatory infections of the GI tract. This bacterium has a propensity for causing gastritis in patients with delayed gastric emptying. Of the 66 reported cases in the literature, 10 involved the esophagus...

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Autores principales: Defilippo, Christine, DeJesus, Jana E, Gosnell, Joseph M, Qiu, Suimin, Humphrey, Laurel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9962194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852351
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34230
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author Defilippo, Christine
DeJesus, Jana E
Gosnell, Joseph M
Qiu, Suimin
Humphrey, Laurel
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DeJesus, Jana E
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description Sarcina ventriculi is a Gram-positive anaerobic coccus found in soil that is a rare cause of inflammatory infections of the GI tract. This bacterium has a propensity for causing gastritis in patients with delayed gastric emptying. Of the 66 reported cases in the literature, 10 involved the esophagus. Symptoms of an esophageal infection are non-specific and may be mistaken for long-standing gastroesophageal reflux. We present a case of a 67-year-old female with chronic dysphagia and reflux diagnosed with erosive esophagitis caused by Sarcina ventriculi. Treatment strategies documented in the literature are reviewed. 
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spelling pubmed-99621942023-02-26 A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection Defilippo, Christine DeJesus, Jana E Gosnell, Joseph M Qiu, Suimin Humphrey, Laurel Cureus Gastroenterology Sarcina ventriculi is a Gram-positive anaerobic coccus found in soil that is a rare cause of inflammatory infections of the GI tract. This bacterium has a propensity for causing gastritis in patients with delayed gastric emptying. Of the 66 reported cases in the literature, 10 involved the esophagus. Symptoms of an esophageal infection are non-specific and may be mistaken for long-standing gastroesophageal reflux. We present a case of a 67-year-old female with chronic dysphagia and reflux diagnosed with erosive esophagitis caused by Sarcina ventriculi. Treatment strategies documented in the literature are reviewed.  Cureus 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9962194/ /pubmed/36852351 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34230 Text en Copyright © 2023, Defilippo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Gastroenterology
Defilippo, Christine
DeJesus, Jana E
Gosnell, Joseph M
Qiu, Suimin
Humphrey, Laurel
A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection
title A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection
title_full A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection
title_short A Rare Case of Erosive Esophagitis Due to Sarcina Ventriculi Infection
title_sort rare case of erosive esophagitis due to sarcina ventriculi infection
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9962194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852351
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34230
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