title: [Cutaneous infection with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a small, gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillus. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is known to cause periodontal disease and to be associated with actinomycosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a patient developed a chronic wound following trauma about the right heel. The lesion resolved after oral antibiotic therapy with cefpodoxime und surgical debridement. Bacterial cultures grew abundant Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, but no actinomyces species.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The importance of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in chronic wounds needs to be explored.
authors.affiliation: Noris Dermatologie, Dr. med. O. Weber und Kollegen, Sulzbacher Str. 61, 90489, Nürnberg, Deutschland, juliane.boehme@ymail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Böhme
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Glaenz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allmacher
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015296:Ceftizoxime / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016871:Pasteurellaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000097623:Cefpodoxime
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015296:Ceftizoxime; D000097623:Cefpodoxime