Cutaneous abscess due to Eubacterium lentum in injection drug user: a case report and review of the literature

Emanuela Lattuada; Antonella Zorzi; Massimiliano Lanzafame; Dario Antolini; Roberta Fontana; Sandro Vento; Ercole Concia

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.026

Cutaneous abscess due to Eubacterium lentum in injection drug user: a case report and review of the literature

J Infect. 2005 Aug;51(2):E71-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.026.

Authors

Emanuela Lattuada¹, Antonella Zorzi, Massimiliano Lanzafame, Dario Antolini, Roberta Fontana, Sandro Vento, Ercole Concia

Affiliation

¹ Divisione Clinicizzata di Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Civile Maggiore-Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy. emlattu@tin.it

PMID: 16038756
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.026

Abstract

We described the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of cutaneous abscess due to Eubacterium lentum in a parenteral drug user, after complete fracture of the right femor. The case underlines the importance of carefully performed microbiological tests, due to the peculiar cultural needs of the micro-organism.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnosis
Abscess / drug therapy
Abscess / microbiology*
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Eubacterium* / isolation & purification
Femoral Fractures / complications*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Imipenem / therapeutic use
Male
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Imipenem