Bacteremia Caused by Laribacter hongkongensis Misidentified as Acinetobacter lwoffii: Report of the First Case in Korea.
10.3346/jkms.2011.26.5.679
- Author:
Dae Sik KIM
1
;
Yu Mi WI
;
Ji Young CHOI
;
Kyong Ran PECK
;
Jae Hoon SONG
;
Kwan Soo KO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Laribacter hongkongensis;
Neutrophilic Ascites;
Bacteremia
- MeSH:
Acinetobacter/isolation & purification;
Acinetobacter Infections/complications/diagnosis/microbiology;
Bacteremia/complications/*microbiology;
Cefotaxime/therapeutic use;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Gastroenteritis/complications/*diagnosis/*microbiology;
Hepatolenticular Degeneration/complications/microbiology;
Humans;
Liver Cirrhosis/complications/microbiology;
Male;
Neisseriaceae/*isolation & purification;
Phylogeny;
Republic of Korea;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2011;26(5):679-681
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Laribacter hongkongensis is an emerging pathogen in patients with community-acquired gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea. We herein report a case of L. hongkongensis infection in a 24-yr-old male with liver cirrhosis complicated by Wilson's disease. He was admitted to a hospital with only abdominal distension. On day 6 following admission, he complained of abdominal pain and his body temperature reached 38.6degrees C. The results of peritoneal fluid evaluation revealed a leukocyte count of 1,180/microL (polymorphonuclear leukocyte 74%). Growth on blood culture was identified as a gram-negative bacillus. The isolate was initially identified as Acinetobacter lwoffii by conventional identification methods in the clinical microbiology laboratory, but was later identified as L. hongkongensis on the basis of molecular identification. The patient was successfully treated with cefotaxime. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first report of hospital-acquired L. hongkongensis bacteremia with neutrophilic ascites.
