Actinomyces cardiffensis septicemia: A case report

Jeong Youn Seo; Joon Sup Yeom; Kwan Soo Ko

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.012

Actinomyces cardiffensis septicemia: A case report

Jeong Youn Seo, Joon Sup Yeom, Kwan Soo Ko

Department of Microbiology

Kangbuk Samsung Hospital

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Abstract

Actinomyces cardiffensis is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore-forming rod that was first identified by Hall et al. (Hall V. et al. (2002) J Clin Microbiol 40:3427-31). Here we report a case of bacteremia with liver and lung abscesses associated with . A. cardiffensis. A 67-year-old man was hospitalized with fever and headache for 20 days. Blood culture revealed an . Actinomyces species, which was ultimately identified as . A. cardiffensis by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. A computed tomography scan of his chest showed small abscesses in his lung and liver. After a 3-week course of intravenous ceftriaxone, the patient showed rapid improvement. The patient was transitioned to oral amoxicillin for the remainder of his antibiotic treatment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-88
Number of pages	3
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	73
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.012
State	Published - May 2012

Keywords

16S rRNA gene
Abscess
Actinomyces cardiffensis
Actinomycosis

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