Eggerthella lenta bacteremia in a Crohn's disease patient after ileocecal resection

Eggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, nonspore-forming Gram-positive rod and is a common gut commensal. Bacteremia from this organism is rare but when present is always clinically significant. Gastrointestinal disease and malignancy are the most common causes for bacteremia from this organism. Eggerthe...

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Published inFuture microbiology Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. 595 - 597
Main Authors Thota, Venkata R, Dacha, Sunil, Natarajan, Aparna, Nerad, Judith
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Future Medicine Ltd 01.05.2011
Subjects
Actinobacteria - classification
Actinobacteria - isolation & purification
Adult
Bacteremia
Bacteremia - microbiology
Cecum - surgery
Commensals
Crohn Disease - surgery
Crohn's disease
Digestive tract
Eggerthella lenta
Feces
Female
Gastrointestinal tract diseases
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Humans
Ileum - surgery
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Malignancy
Young Adult
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Summary:Eggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, nonspore-forming Gram-positive rod and is a common gut commensal. Bacteremia from this organism is rare but when present is always clinically significant. Gastrointestinal disease and malignancy are the most common causes for bacteremia from this organism. Eggerthella species have been isolated in feces from patients with inflammatory bowel disease, but bacteremia has not been reported to the best of our knowledge. Here we report the case of a young African-American female with Crohn's disease who developed Eggerthella lenta bacteremia after ileocaecal resection.
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ISSN:1746-0913
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DOI:10.2217/fmb.11.31