title: Severe infection due to Actinomyces bernardiae: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ieven
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gentens
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goossens
mesh_terms: 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