title: Bacteraemia due to Parvimonas micra, a commensal pathogen, in a patient with an oesophageal tumour.
abstract: A man aged 53 years was admitted to our hospital due to general malaise, fever and chills for the past 24 hours. He had a history of chronic alcoholic liver disease. The blood tests showed leucocytosis with neutrophilia, lactic acidosis and acute-phase reactants. The blood cultures were positive for Parvimonas micra, an anaerobic pathogen which is part of the flora of the oral cavity. There was no evidence of abscess formation in either the examination or the imaging tests, but in the work-up that followed, a gastroscopy showed a stenotic oesophageal mass that turned out to be an invasive squamous cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-4585
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García Carretero
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Luna-Heredia
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olid-Velilla
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Mostoles, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Gomez
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D010462:Peptostreptococcus