First case report of bacteremia caused by Solobacterium moorei in China, and literature review

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 730 - 5
• Main Authors: Liu, Wen-Jing, Xiao, Meng, Yi, Jie, Li, Ying, Kudinha, Timothy, Xu, Ying-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.08.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Antibacterial agents; Bacteremia; Bad breath; Beef cattle; Blood stream infection; Blood tests; Case Report; Causes of; China; Coma; Convulsions; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Genes; Immunodeficiency; Malaria; Medical research; Medical schools; Metronidazole; Pathogenic microorganisms; Patient outcomes; Purpura; RNA; Solobacterium moorei; Tazobactam; Thrombocytopenic purpura; Type 2 diabetes; Vancomycin; China; Blood stream infection; Solobacterium moorei; China

Solobacterium moorei, the only species in the genus Solobacterium, is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, strict anaerobic, short to long bacillus. It has rarely been documented to cause blood stream infections. Here we report the first case of bacteremia caused by S.moorei in China. A 61-year-old m...