Veillonella parvula bacteremia without an underlying source.
Veillonella parvula is an anaerobic gram-negative coccus that is part of the normal human flora. It has rarely been identified as a pathogen in humans, and the most frequently reported infection caused by V. parvula is osteomyelitis. We report a case of bacteremia unrelated to a central venous catheter and without an underlying source of infection.
Fisher
R G
RG
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37253, USA.
Denison
M R
MR
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014678:Veillonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*