Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report
Eggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus commonly found in the human digestive tract. Occasionally, it can cause life-threatening infections. Bacteremia due to this organism is always clinically significant and is associated with gastrointestinal diseases and states of immune suppre...
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| description | Eggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus commonly found in the human digestive tract. Occasionally, it can cause life-threatening infections. Bacteremia due to this organism is always clinically significant and is associated with gastrointestinal diseases and states of immune suppression. The authors report a case involving an elderly man with a newly diagnosed gastrointestinal malignancy who developed bacteremia caused by E lenta, treated successfully using empirical therapy with vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam, followed by directed therapy with metronidazole once the identity and antibiotic susceptibility of the organism was established. The present case reinforces the connection between E lenta bacteremia with gastrointestinal malignancy and highlights the importance of searching for a source of bacteremia due to this organism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6e780bc714e044dd9522ea1ff49300872025-02-03T05:44:37ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322014-01-01255e85e8610.1155/2014/802481Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case ReportDavie Wong0Fred Aoki1Ethan Rubinstein2Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaEggerthella lenta is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus commonly found in the human digestive tract. Occasionally, it can cause life-threatening infections. Bacteremia due to this organism is always clinically significant and is associated with gastrointestinal diseases and states of immune suppression. The authors report a case involving an elderly man with a newly diagnosed gastrointestinal malignancy who developed bacteremia caused by E lenta, treated successfully using empirical therapy with vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam, followed by directed therapy with metronidazole once the identity and antibiotic susceptibility of the organism was established. The present case reinforces the connection between E lenta bacteremia with gastrointestinal malignancy and highlights the importance of searching for a source of bacteremia due to this organism.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/802481 |
| spellingShingle | Davie Wong Fred Aoki Ethan Rubinstein Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report |
| title_full | Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report |
| title_short | Bacteremia Caused by Eggerthella lenta in an Elderly Man with a Gastrointestinal Malignancy: A Case Report |
| title_sort | bacteremia caused by eggerthella lenta in an elderly man with a gastrointestinal malignancy a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/802481 |
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