Clinical and microbiological characteristics of Eggerthella lenta causing bacteremia.

Eggerthella lenta is an obligate anaerobic, Gram-positive bacilli, belonging to the human microbiota of gastrointestinal and female reproductive tracts, oral cavity and prostate gland. In this article, we aim to describe clinical and microbiological characteristics of seven E. lenta strains causing bacteremia.

Brain abscess caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis and Eubacterium nodatum mimicking acute stroke.

We described a case of a 65-year-old man with a brain abscess caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis and Eubacterium nodatum. The patient presented right central facial nerve palsy, mutism and right hemiparesis at the examination. The patient underwent a left frontal craniotomy with evacuation of the brain abscess.

Description of eight human infections caused by Bacteroides pyogenes in a tertiary hospital of northern Spain.

Bacteroides pyogenes is a Gram-negative obligate anaerobe, saccharolytic, non-motile, non-pigment-producing and non-spore-forming rod. Reports of human infections caused by B. pyogenes are scarce, with approximately 30 cases documented in scientific literature.

Disseminated infection associated with bacteraemia and osteomyelitis pubis in an elderly patient.

Objective: We describe a rare case of a disseminated infection associated with hip osteomyelitis.

Methods: A 91-year-old female patient was admitted with oedema of her right leg, fever of 38 °C and data consistent with ruptured Baker's cyst. A disseminated infection including bloodstream infection, pneumonia and multiple abscesses along both lower limbs was observed.

Fusobacterium ulcerans: from gut to commensal and bacterial translocation?

The genus Fusobacterium contains currently 13 species presenting as non-sporing, obligate anaerobic, Gram-negative fusiform rods. Fusobacterium ulcerans was discovered in 1988 causing tropical ulcers. We present the case of a patient with diverticulitis complicated with bacteremia.