Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Patient with an Intra-abdominal Abscess.
- Author:
Ki Won EOM
1
;
Sollip KIM
;
Tae Hyun UM
;
Chong Rae CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Eggerthella lenta; Bacteremia; Identification
- MeSH: Abdominal Abscess*; Aged*; Bacillus; Bacteremia*; Feces; Humans
- From:Laboratory Medicine Online 2016;6(2):106-110
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Eggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, gram-positive bacillus that can be isolated from human feces and a few other clinical specimens. Bacteremia caused by the organism is rare but, when present, is always of clinical significance. E. lenta is an emerging pathogen that has been under-recognized because of difficulties with its laboratory identification. Few reports on E. lenta infections and the optimal treatment thereof are available. We describe a case of bacteremia caused by E. lenta in an elderly patient with an intra-abdominal abscess. We also review the current literature.
