title: First report of Actinomyces europaeus bacteraemia result from a breast abscess in a 53-year-old man.
abstract: This is the first report of Actinomyces europaeus bacteraemia in a 53-year-old man. The bacteraemia was the result of a breast abscess. Identification was established by matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The patient was treated with surgical drainage and penicillin for 4 weeks; the patient did not experience any relapse during 6 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Viborg Hospital, Viborg, Denmark ; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Nielsen
keywords: Actinomyces europaeus; actinomycosis; bacteraemia; breast abscess; penicillin