Recurrent abscesses due to Finegoldia magna, Dermabacter hominis and Staphylococcus aureus in an immunocompetent patient

J Martin; P Bemer; S Touchais; N Asseray; S Corvec

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.03.006

Recurrent abscesses due to Finegoldia magna, Dermabacter hominis and Staphylococcus aureus in an immunocompetent patient

Anaerobe. 2009 Oct;15(5):201-3. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.03.006. Epub 2009 Mar 27.

Authors

J Martin¹, P Bemer, S Touchais, N Asseray, S Corvec

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bacteriology-Hygiene, Nantes University Hospital, France.

PMID: 19332143
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.03.006

Abstract

A case of recurrent abscesses in an immunocompetent patient is reported, involving the opportunistic human pathogen Dermabacter hominis, the virulent anaerobic pathogen Finegoldia magna and Staphylococcus aureus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / microbiology*
Actinomycetales / isolation & purification
Adult
Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Recurrence
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification