Severe infection due to Actinomyces bernardiae: case report.
We describe a patient with a serious urinary tract infection due to Actinomyces bernardiae (formerly classified as CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta] fermentative coryneform group 2). Our patient had long-standing bladder dysfunction and developed hydroureteronephrosis, renal lithiasis, perirenal abscesses, and septicemia. A. bernardiae is distinct from Actinomyces pyogenes and several CDC coryneform groups.
Ieven
M
M
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Verhoeven
J
J
Gentens
P
P
Goossens
H
H
D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology