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First report of Actinomyces europaeus bacteraemia result from a breast abscess in a 53-year-old man.

ABSTRACT: This is the first report of Actinomyces europaeus bacteraemia in a 53-year-old man. The bacteraemia was the result of a breast abscess. Identification was established by matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The patient was treated with surgical drainage and penicillin for 4 weeks; the patient did not experience any relapse during 6 months of follow-up.

SUBMITTER: Nielsen HL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4477111 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First report of Actinomyces europaeus bacteraemia result from a breast abscess in a 53-year-old man.

Nielsen H L HL

New microbes and new infections 20150514

This is the first report of Actinomyces europaeus bacteraemia in a 53-year-old man. The bacteraemia was the result of a breast abscess. Identification was established by matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The patient was treated with surgical drainage and penicillin for 4 weeks; the patient did not experience any relapse during 6 months of follow-up. ...[more]

PMID: 26110063

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