Fatal septicaemia with Selenomonas sputigena and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. A case report.
A 38-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse developed rapidly fulminating septicaemia and died. Selenomonas sputigena and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus were isolated from a blood culture. Selenomonas sputigena is a motile anaerobic gram-negative rod rarely associated with systemic disease. Difficulties in isolation and taxonomic identification are discussed.
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*