title: Bartholinitis due to Aggregatibacter aphrophilus: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, a commensal of the oro-pharyngeal flora and member of the HACEK group of organisms, is an uncommonly encountered clinical pathogen. It has already been described as the causative agent of brain abscesses, empyema, meningitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bacteriemia, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, endocarditis and wound infections. Herein we report the first case of bartholinitis due to A. aphrophilus.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old woman was admitted for a 3-day genital pain without fever and urinary functional signs. The abscess was incised and drained; A. aphrophilus was the only micro-organism that grew from the pus. The patient received no antibiotics; the clinical course was favourable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case highlights the importance of an effective treatment of recurrent bartholinitis such as a cold resection of the gland. It is presented for its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Morgane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choquet
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pluquet
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France. sandrine.castelain@u-picardie.fr.|Microbiology Research Unit, EA4294, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France. sandrine.castelain@u-picardie.fr.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Castelain
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France.|Microbiology Research Unit, EA4294, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guihéneuf
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France.|Microbiology Research Unit, EA4294, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Decroix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D064207:Aggregatibacter aphrophilus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016871:Pasteurellaceae Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Aggregatibacter aphrophilus; Bartholinitis; Capnophilic bacteria; Genital infections; Gram negative coccobacilli