A Rare Bacteremia in a Patient With Osteomyelitis and Sacral Ulcer: A Case Report of Tissierella praeacuta and Parvimonas micra
Jaskomal Phagoora, Brett Agrest, Moshe Kabariti, Sukhpreet Saini, Yanni Hedjar · 2024
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Jaskomal Phagoora, Brett Agrest, and their co-authors report a rare bloodstream infection in a man aged 86 with a deep sacral ulcer and bone infection. Their 2024 case study concerns two gut and mouth bacteria, Tissierella praeacuta and Parvimonas micra, which are seldom found in blood and are usually low in virulence. In frail patients they can turn severe.
The patient carried atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and lung disease, and arrived with a stage four sacral ulcer that had infected fast, with signs of sepsis. Blood cultures grew both bacteria. Despite broad antibiotics and surgical cleaning of the wound, his condition worsened. The case warns that chronic ulcers can open a path for uncommon gut bacteria into the blood.
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| CREATOR | Jaskomal Phagoora, Brett Agrest, Moshe Kabariti, Sukhpreet Saini, Yanni Hedjar |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |