Liver Abscess Caused by Pannonibacter phragmitetus: Case Report and Literature Review

Frontiers in Medicine

Desong Ming¹  Mingxi Wang²  Xia Zhang²  Zhengjun Yi²  Shicheng Chen³  Tao Jiang⁴  Yajun Zhou⁴  Shaohua Hu⁴ 

[1] Department of Clinical Laboratory, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China;Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China;Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA;Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China;

关键词: bacterial hepatic abscess;    Klebsiella pneumoniae;    Pannonibacter phragmitetus;    polymicrobial infection;    Streptococcus oralis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2017.00048

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBacterial hepatic abscess is a common occurrence in developing countries, which is mostly caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Pannonibacter phragmitetus is a Gram-negative alkali-tolerant bacillus that exists in the natural environment. Human infection by this bacterium is rare, with only four cases reported.MethodWe presented one of these cases with a bacterial liver abscess by a polymicrobial infection involving P. phragmitetus and Streptococcus oralis, with P. phragmitetus being the predominate isolate.Result and discussionOur strain of P. phragmitetus was resistant to more antibiotics than the other reported two strains. This case further verified the infectivity of P. phragmitetus.

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