title: Oral Campylobacter species involved in extraoral abscess: a report of three cases.
abstract: Oral Campylobacter species are rarely reported to cause extraoral infections. Here we present three cases of extraoral abscess caused by an oral Campylobacter sp. and a Streptococcus sp. The Campylobacter species were all isolated anaerobically and identified by sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. The cases included a breast abscess caused by Campylobacter rectus and a non-group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus in a patient with lymphoma, a liver abscess caused by Campylobacter curvus and an alpha-hemolytic streptococcus in a patient with complicated ovarian cancer, and a postobstructive bronchial abscess caused by C. curvus and group C beta-hemolytic Streptococcus constellatus in a patient with lung cancer. The abscesses were drained or resected, and the patients were treated with antibiotics with full resolution of the lesions. The C. curvus cases are likely the first reported infections by this organism, and the C. rectus case represents the second such reported extraoral infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 84, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. xhan@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Xiang Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tarrand
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents