Systemic Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection not associated with endocarditis highlighting bacteriological diagnosis difficulties Case report and literature review.
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is mostly isolated in swine causing erysipelas. Human invasive infections due to E. rhusiopathiae remain poorly described and interestingly bacteraemia associated with endocarditis are a source of ineffective empirical antibiotherapy. We report a case of sepsis without endocarditis due to E. rhusiopathiae and a review of the literature.
Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Centre hospitalier d'Avranches-Granville, Avranches, France.
Bertrand
B
Volard
Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Centre hospitalier d'Avranches-Granville, Avranches, France.
Loïc
L
Mignot
Laboratoire d'hygiène hospitalière, Unité mobile d'infectiologie, Centre hospitalier d'Avranches-Granville, Avranches, France.
Emmanuel
E
Piednoir
Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène hospitalière, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de Reims, France, UFR Médecine, EA 4687 ERA, SFR CAP-Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Christophe
C
de Champs
Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène hospitalière, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de Reims, France, UFR Médecine, EA 4687 ERA, SFR CAP-Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Anne
A
Limelette
Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène hospitalière, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de Reims, France, UFR Médecine, EA 4687 ERA, SFR CAP-Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Thomas
T
Guillard
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000382:microbiology; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Erysipelothrix spp.; sepsis