Turicella otitidis as an unusual agent causing a posterior auricular abscess

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada. sreynoll@jhmi.edu

Case Reports

S J Reynolds et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Apr.

. 2001 Apr;39(4):1672-3.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1672-1673.2001.

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada. sreynoll@jhmi.edu

Abstract

A posterior auricular abscess in a 3-year-old girl was confirmed to have been caused by an unusual organism, Turicella otitidis.

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