Erysipelothrix bacteremia without endocarditis: rare event or under-reported occurrence?

Abstract A patient presented with inflamed hands and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia. Because a high incidence of endocarditis has been reported with this organism, a transesophageal echocardiogram was obtained, which was normal. Treatment with oral moxifloxacin resolved all manifestations o...

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Published in:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2013-11, Vol.77 (3), p.280-281
Main Author: Drekonja, Dimitri M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Aza Compounds - administration & dosage
Bacteremia - diagnosis
Bacteremia - drug therapy
Bacteremia - microbiology
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis
Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Endocardium - diagnostic imaging
Erysipelothrix - isolation & purification
Erysipelothrix Infections - diagnosis
Erysipelothrix Infections - drug therapy
Erysipelothrix Infections - microbiology
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Fluoroquinolones
Hand - pathology
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Male
Middle Aged
Quinolines - administration & dosage
Treatment Outcome
Zoonoses
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Summary:Abstract A patient presented with inflamed hands and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia. Because a high incidence of endocarditis has been reported with this organism, a transesophageal echocardiogram was obtained, which was normal. Treatment with oral moxifloxacin resolved all manifestations of illness. The association between E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia and endocarditis may be spurious.
ISSN:0732-8893
1879-0070
DOI:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.002