title: Peptostreptococcus ivorii-associated skin abscess in a HIV-infected patient.
abstract: Peptostreptococcus ivorii, a recently described species of gram-positive anaerobic coccus, has so far rarely been found in human infections. The isolation of this anaerobe from a polybacterial skin abscess in a HIV-infected patient, which formed after antiretroviral therapy had been discontinued is reported. Local treatment led to the abscess healing without specific antibiotics. As the type strain was isolated from a mixed infected leg ulcer, Peptostreptococcus ivorii could play an important role in synergistic infections of the skin.
authors.affiliation: Universität Tübingen, Abteilung Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Silcherstr. 7, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eiring
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wagner