title: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in posthysterectomy infection.
abstract: We report a patient with clinically significant vaginal posthysterectomy infection due to Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. The microorganism isolated from the vaginal cuff abscess was beta-lactamase producer and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern showed its resistance to piperacillin-tazobactam and cefoxitin, while the susceptibility to amoxicillin associated with clavulanic acid, metronidazole, and the newer fluoroquinolone moxifloxacin was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, Department MIDIM, University of Bari, Policlinico Piazza Giulio Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy. miragliotta@midim.unida.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miragliotta
authors.forename: Tito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Del Gaudio
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tajani
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mosca
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*