Bacteremia caused by Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis

Teruo Urata; Mitsuru Kikuchi; Taro Hino; Yusuke Yoda; Kiyoko Tamai; Yoshiya Kodaira; Shigemi Hitomi

doi:10.1007/s10156-008-0629-9

Bacteremia caused by Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis

J Infect Chemother. 2008 Oct;14(5):368-70. doi: 10.1007/s10156-008-0629-9. Epub 2008 Oct 21.

Authors

Teruo Urata¹, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Taro Hino, Yusuke Yoda, Kiyoko Tamai, Yoshiya Kodaira, Shigemi Hitomi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Toride Kyodo General Hospital, 2-1-1 Hongo, Toride, Ibaraki, 302-0022, Japan. kensa@toride-kyodo-hp.or.jp

PMID: 18936890
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0629-9

Abstract

Desulfovibrio species are anaerobic gram-negative, pleomorphic bacilli rarely causing infection in humans. In the present report, we describe a case of bacteremia caused by Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis. The patient, for whom biapenem was administered, rapidly improved without any sequelae. As far as we know, this is the first case report of infection by Desulfovibrio species in Japan.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Cefazolin / therapeutic use
Desulfovibrio / drug effects
Desulfovibrio / genetics
Desulfovibrio / isolation & purification*
Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / drug therapy
Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
RNA, Bacterial / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Thienamycins / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Thienamycins
Cefazolin
biapenem