Clinical and microbiological characteristics of bacteremia caused by Eggerthella, Paraeggerthella, and Eubacterium species at a university hospital in Taiwan from 2001 to 2010

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jun;50(6):2053-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00548-12. Epub 2012 Apr 11.

Abstract

We describe 16 patients with bacteremia caused by Eggerthella lenta (n = 7), Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (n = 3), Eubacterium limosum (n = 4), Eubacterium callanderi (n = 1), and concomitant Eubacterium limosum/Eggerthella lenta (n = 1). Nine (56%) patients had polymicrobial bacteremia. The overall 60-day mortality rate was 19%, and all deaths occurred in patients with E. lenta bacteremia.

MeSH terms

  • Actinobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / mortality
  • Bacteremia / pathology*
  • Coinfection / microbiology
  • Coinfection / mortality
  • Coinfection / pathology
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Eubacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / mortality
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology*
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Survival Analysis
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S