Femoral vein thrombophlebitis and septic pulmonary embolism due to a mixed anaerobic infection including Solobacterium moorei: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Primary foci of necrobacillosis infection outside the head and neck are uncommon but have been reported in the urogenital or gastrointestinal tracts. Reports of infection with Solobacterium moorei are rare.


METHODS
A 37-year-old male intravenous drug user was admitted with pain in his right groin, fever, rigors and vomiting following a recent injection into the right femoral vein. Admission blood cultures grew Fusobacterium nucleatum, Solobacterium moorei and Bacteroides ureolyticus. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous penicillin and metronidazole.


CONCLUSIONS
This case report describes an unusual case of femoral thrombophlebitis with septic pulmonary embolism associated with anaerobic organisms in a groin abscess. Solobacterium moorei, though rarely described, may also have clinically significant pathogenic potential.
Martin
Claire A
CA
Department of Microbiology, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Heath Care NHS Trust, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6NT, UK. andreas.karas@hinchingbrooke.nhs.uk.
Wijesurendra
Rohan S
RS
Borland
Colin Dr
CD
Karas
Johannis A
JA