Mobiluncus curtisii bacteremia.

Autores de IIS La Fe

• Paula Ramírez Galleymore

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Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

• Sahuquillo-Arce JM
• Garcia J
• Marti V
• Arizo D

Abstract

Mobiluncus curtisii was isolated from the blood of a 35-year-old man with a medical history of ulcerative colitis who was admitted unconscious to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A CT scan revealed massive intracerebral hemorrhage in the left hemisphere. Temperature remained constant over 38.5 degrees C; therefore, two sets of blood cultures were collected. One anaerobic bottle BacT/ALERT SN (bioMerieux, France) was detected as positive after 5 days of incubation and a Gram stain confirmed a gram variable curved-shaped rod. The patient died 18 h after being admitted to the hospital.