title: Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia in a patient with perforated acute appendicitis. Short communication.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. mustafagultr@yahoo.com
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Gul
authors: Pinar
authors: P
authors: Ciragil
authors: Ertan
authors: E
authors: Bulbuloglu
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Aral
authors: Sumeyra
authors: S
authors: Alkis
authors: Fikret
authors: F
authors: Ezberci
mesh_terms: 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