Mobiluncus curtisii bacteremia.
Mobiluncus curtisii was isolated from the blood of a 35-year-old man with a medical history of ulcerative colitis who was admitted unconscious to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A CT scan revealed massive intracerebral hemorrhage in the left hemisphere. Temperature remained constant over 38.5 degrees C; therefore, two sets of blood cultures were collected. One anaerobic bottle BacT/ALERT SN (bioMerieux, France) was detected as positive after 5 days of incubation and a Gram stain confirmed a gram variable curved-shaped rod. The patient died 18 h after being admitted to the hospital.
Sahuquillo-Arce
Jose Miguel
JM
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain. wadjur@hotmail.com
Ramirez-Galleymore
Paula
P
Garcia
Julia
J
Marti
Veronica
V
Arizo
David
D
D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017904:Mobiluncus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography