Axillary abscess complicated by venous thrombosis: identification of Streptococcus pyogenes by 16S PCR.
We report a case of an axillary abscess with Streptococcus pyogenes complicated by venous thrombosis. Bacterial etiology and typing were obtained by PCR and sequencing of the 16S rRNA and M-protein genes from abscess material. The bacterium was of serotype M41, and serology indicated that it had expressed procoagulant factors.
Kahn
Fredrik
F
Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, BMC B14, Tornavägen 10, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden. Fredrik.Kahn@med.lu.se
Linder
Adam
A
Petersson
Ann Cathrine
AC
Christensson
Bertil
B
Rasmussen
Magnus
M
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D001365:Axilla / Q000473:pathology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C014689:streptococcal M protein