Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia in a patient with perforated acute appendicitis. Short communication.
Comamonas testosteroni is an uncommon isolate in the clinical laboratory as a human pathogen. C. testosteroni most commonly emerges in abdominal pathologies especially in perforated appendicitis. In Turkey we report first time a case of bacteremia due to this organism, in a 22-year-old man with perforated acute appendicitis. The organism was shown to be susceptible to routine antibiotics so it was easily eliminated even after having caused a bacteremia.
Gul
Mustafa
M
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. mustafagultr@yahoo.com
Ciragil
Pinar
P
Bulbuloglu
Ertan
E
Aral
Murat
M
Alkis
Sumeyra
S
Ezberci
Fikret
F
D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D020604:Comamonas testosteroni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male