Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteremia in a patient hospitalized with acute cerebral infarction: case report and review.
Desulfovibrio spp. can be found in soil, water, and sewage, as well as in the digestive tracts of animals and humans. We report a case of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteremia during hospitalization with acute cerebral infarction following aspiration bronchopneumonia and severe diarrhea, and the case strongly suggests that Desulfovibrio spp. bacteremia can occur as an infection due to disturbance of endogenous gut flora including antibiotic administration. Because Desulfovibrio spp. is difficult to detect in short-time incubation, its bacteremia is possibly overlooked in hospitalized patients. A few clinical cases of D. desulfuricans bacteremia have been reported in Japan, and they are reviewed briefly in this article.
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Utsunomiya Saiseikai Hospital, 911-1, Takebayashi 321-0974, Japan.
Shigehiro
S
Hagiwara
Infection Control and Prevention, and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Atsushi
A
Yoshida
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Utsunomiya Saiseikai Hospital, 911-1, Takebayashi 321-0974, Japan.
Yuki
Y
Omata
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Utsunomiya Saiseikai Hospital, 911-1, Takebayashi 321-0974, Japan.
Yumiko
Y
Tsukada
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Utsunomiya Saiseikai Hospital, 911-1, Takebayashi 321-0974, Japan.
Hirohumi
H
Takahashi
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Utsunomiya Saiseikai Hospital, 911-1, Takebayashi 321-0974, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Kamewada
Infection Control and Prevention, and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Saiko
S
Koike
Infection Control and Prevention, and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Katsuko
K
Okuzumi
Infection Control and Prevention, and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Akira
A
Hishinuma
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.
Kunihiko
K
Kobayashi
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Utsunomiya Saiseikai Hospital, 911-1, Takebayashi 321-0974, Japan. Electronic address: masayasu_nakano@saimiya.com.
Masayasu
M
Nakano
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000382:microbiology*; D045285:Desulfovibrio desulfuricans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045824:Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male
Antibiotics; Bacteremia; Desulfovibrio desulfuricans; Diarrhea; Hospitalized patients