Open Access<p>Bacteremia Caused by the <em>Eggerthella lenta</em> in a Previously Healthy 30-Year-Old Man with Acute Suppurative Appendicitis: A Case Report from China</p>
Author(s) -
Jie Jiang,
Bo She,
Rui Zheng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s274494
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , meropenem , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , antibiotic resistance
Eggerthella lenta is part of the normal bacterial flora of the intestinal tract, but may cause life-threatening infections. E. lenta has been isolated from blood, abscesses, wounds, skin ulcers, and intra-abdominal infections. However, due to historical difficulties with laboratory identification by conventional biochemical methods, some cases of E. lenta infection have previously gone undiagnosed, especially in China where E. lenta infections are very rare. Recently, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), a new type of technology, has made it possible to identify E. lenta . We report a case of postoperative infection caused by E. lenta which was treated successfully using meropenem.