Septicaemia caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum smooth type in an immunocompetent patient

J Med Microbiol. 2012 Sep;61(Pt 9):1328-1329. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.040576-0. Epub 2012 May 24.

Abstract

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is a rarely reported human pathogen but can cause wound infections in elderly patients with immunodeficiency and pharyngotonsillitis in adolescents and young adults. A. haemolyticum septicaemia originating from a wound rarely occurs and mainly affects immunocompromised patients. Here, we report a case of A. haemolyticum septicaemia in an immunocompetent patient with no underlying diseases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales Infections / drug therapy
  • Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arcanobacterium / classification*
  • Arcanobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Arcanobacterium / physiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents