First report on sepsis caused by Porphyromonas pogonae

Percy Schröttner; Katharina Heidrich; Wolfram W Rudolph; Friedrich Stölzel; Enno Jacobs; Florian Gunzer

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.02.016

First report on sepsis caused by Porphyromonas pogonae

Anaerobe. 2017 Apr:44:96-98. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.02.016. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Authors

Percy Schröttner¹, Katharina Heidrich², Wolfram W Rudolph³, Friedrich Stölzel², Enno Jacobs⁴, Florian Gunzer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, TU Dresden, Fiedlerstraße 42, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: percy.schroettner@tu-dresden.de.
² Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
³ Institut für Virologie, TU Dresden, Fiedlerstraße 42, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
⁴ Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, TU Dresden, Fiedlerstraße 42, 01307 Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 28238846
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.02.016

Abstract

We report on a 62 year old patient who developed sepsis due to an infection caused by Porphyromonas pogonae, a recently described species of the bacterial genus Porphyromonas. This is the first case of an invasive infection with this pathogen.

Keywords: Bacteremia; Identification; Invasive infection; Porphyromonas pogonae; Sepsis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bacteriological Techniques
Bacteroidaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Bacteroidaceae Infections / microbiology*
Bacteroidaceae Infections / pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Porphyromonas / chemistry
Porphyromonas / classification
Porphyromonas / isolation & purification*
Sepsis / diagnosis*
Sepsis / microbiology*
Sepsis / pathology
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization