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SUBMITTER: Choquet M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5070192 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choquet Morgane M Pluquet Emilie E Castelain Sandrine S Guihéneuf Raphaël R Decroix Véronique V
BMC infectious diseases 20161018 1
<h4>Background</h4>Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, a commensal of the oro-pharyngeal flora and member of the HACEK group of organisms, is an uncommonly encountered clinical pathogen. It has already been described as the causative agent of brain abscesses, empyema, meningitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bacteriemia, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, endocarditis and wound infections. Herein we report the first case of bartholinitis due to A. aphrophilus.<h4>Case presentation</h4>A 33-year-old wom ...[more]