Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 May;50(5):1813-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06045-11. Epub 2012 Feb 15.
Streptomyces organisms are soil inhabitants rarely causing nonmycetomic infections. We describe a case of secondary peritonitis caused by Streptomyces viridis in a chronic alcoholic patient who presented with fever, abdominal distension, and pain in the abdomen. The most likely source of infection was by inoculation through multiple paracenteses, done for treatment of ascites, before the patient came to our health care center. This is the second case report of Streptomyces peritonitis and the first case caused by Streptomyces viridis, which is usually found in the soil in our geographic region.
链霉菌是一种很少引起非真菌性感染的土壤微生物。我们描述了一例慢性酒精中毒患者因青绿色链霉菌引起的继发性腹膜炎，该患者出现发热、腹胀和腹痛。感染的最可能来源是在患者来到我们医疗中心之前，通过多次腹腔穿刺术进行腹水治疗时接种。这是链霉菌性腹膜炎的第二例报告，也是首例由青绿色链霉菌引起的病例，该菌通常在我们所在地区的土壤中发现。
