A psoas abscess caused by Propionibacterium propionicum.

Authors :: Yonetani S
Ohnishi H
Araki K
Hiroi M
Takagi Y
Ichimura S
Watanabe T
Source :: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy [J Infect Chemother] 2014 Oct; Vol. 20 (10), pp. 650-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Aug 13.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: Pelvic actinomycosis-like disease due to Propionibacterium propionicum has been very rare and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We herein report a probable first case of a psoas abscess caused by P. propionicum. Since P. propionicum is indistinguishable from Actinomyces israelii by morphological features or routine biochemical tests, 16S rRNA gene sequencing was useful to discriminate these two species in this case.<br /> (Copyright © 2014 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections complications
Propionibacterium isolation & purification
Psoas Abscess microbiology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1437-7780
Volume :: 20
Issue :: 10
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 25129856
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2014.06.013