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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 12:26:89-91.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.09.001. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Trueperella bernardiae: an unusual cause of septic thrombophlebitis in an injection drug user

C H D Lawrence  1 , S Waseem  2 , W Newsholme  1 , J L Klein  1
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Trueperella bernardiae: an unusual cause of septic thrombophlebitis in an injection drug user

C H D Lawrence et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

The clinical spectrum of human disease caused by Trueperella bernardiae is poorly described, partly as a result of historical difficulties with microbial identification. With the introduction of powerful new technologies, such as matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, into routine microbiology laboratories, new insights into diseases caused by such organisms are being made. Here we report a case of septic thrombophlebitis with bacteraemia caused by this organism, together with a retrospective description of laboratory isolation of this organism over a period of 6 years in a hospital in London, UK.

Keywords: Bacteraemia; MALDI-TOF; Trueperella bernardiae; injection drug user; thrombophlebitis.

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Chest radiograph showing multiple lung abscesses consistent with diagnosis of septic emboli.
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