Open AccessSepsis Caused by Veillonella parvula Infection in a 17-Year-Old Patient with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia (Bruton's Disease)
Author(s) -
Magdalena Strach,
Maciej Siedlar,
Danuta Kowalczyk,
Marek Zembala,
Tomasz Grodzicki
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00467-06
Subject(s) - veillonella , bacteremia , sepsis , x linked agammaglobulinemia , immunology , medicine , immunopathology , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , streptococcus , antibiotics , bruton's tyrosine kinase , genetics , receptor , tyrosine kinase
A case of a male, 17-year-old, X-linked agammaglobulinemia patient with bacteremia caused byVeillonella parvula , without a defined primary site of infection, is presented. The report demonstrates thatV. parvula should not be regarded as a nonpathogenic microorganism, at least not in patients with certain forms of immunodeficiency disease.