Open AccessEggerthella lenta bacteremia in a Crohn’s disease patient after ileocecal resection
Author(s) -
Venkata R. Thota,
Sunil Dacha,
Apartarajan,
Judith L. Nerad
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
future microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.797
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1746-0921
pISSN - 1746-0913
DOI - 10.2217/fmb.11.31
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , crohn's disease , malignancy , disease , feces , gastroenterology , inflammatory bowel disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
Eggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, nonspore-forming Gram-positive rod and is a common gut commensal. Bacteremia from this organism is rare but when present is always clinically significant. Gastrointestinal disease and malignancy are the most common causes for bacteremia from this organism. Eggerthella species have been isolated in feces from patients with inflammatory bowel disease, but bacteremia has not been reported to the best of our knowledge. Here we report the case of a young African–American female with Crohn’s disease who developed Eggerthella lenta bacteremia after ileocaecal resection.