title: Sepsis caused by Veillonella parvula infection in a 17-year-old patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (Bruton's disease).
abstract: A case of a male, 17-year-old, X-linked agammaglobulinemia patient with bacteremia caused by Veillonella parvula, without a defined primary site of infection, is presented. The report demonstrates that V. parvula should not be regarded as a nonpathogenic microorganism, at least not in patients with certain forms of immunodeficiency disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Diseases and Gerontology, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265 Str., 30-663 Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strach
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siedlar
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kowalczyk
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zembala
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grodzicki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D014678:Veillonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*