Secondary subcutaneous abscess due to mixed infections by Peptoniphilus olsenii and Gleimia europaea after COVID-19

Yuji Yamamoto; Takayuki Shiroyama; Haruhiko Hirata; Kinnosuke Matsumoto; Tomoki Kuge; Midori Yoneda; Makoto Yamamoto; Akinori Uchiyama; Yoshito Takeda; Atsushi Kumanogoh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6844

Secondary subcutaneous abscess due to mixed infections by Peptoniphilus olsenii and Gleimia europaea after COVID-19

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jan 16;11(1):e6844. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6844. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Osaka Japan.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Osaka Japan.
³ Department of Immunopathology, WPI, Immunology Frontier Research Center (iFReC) Osaka University Suita Osaka Japan.
⁴ Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI) Osaka University Suita Osaka Japan.
⁵ Center for Infectious Diseases for Education and Research (CiDER) Osaka University Suita Osaka Japan.

Abstract

This report described a rare case of subcutaneous anaerobic bacterial abscess due to Peptoniphilus olsenii and Gleimia europaea after COVID-19. The patient received incision and drainage of the abscess and antibiotics, thereby achieving recovery. Immunodeficiency related to COVID-19 and its treatment might contribute to secondary skin and subcutaneous bacterial infections.

Keywords: critical care medicine; dermatology; infectious diseases; respiratory medicine.

Publication types

Case Reports