title: Intrathoracic infections with bacteraemia due to Eikenella corrodens as a complication of peritonsillar abscesses: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: A 52-year-old man, without previous disease, presented with dysphagia, dyspnoea, high fever and sore throat after peritonsillar abscesses drainage. Physical and complementary examinations were consistent with pericarditis, mediastinitis, pneumonia and pleuritis. Blood cultures grew Eikenella corrodens resistant to clindamycin and amikacin. We emphasize the pathogenic potential of Eikenella corrodens. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of this organism as a pathogen in intrathoracic infections after peritonsillar abscesses drainage.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Interne, Université de Liège C.H.U. Sart-Tilman, Belgique.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zgheib
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: el Allaf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demonty
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rorive
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D016124:Eikenella corrodens / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000039:Peritonsillar Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D013982:Ticarcillin