Man M Y, Shum H P, Wu Alan, Lee R A, Yan W W
Department of Intensive Care, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.
Department of Intensive Care, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.
Anaerobe. 2017 Dec;48:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.06.017. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
Slackia exigua (S. exigua) is an obligatory anaerobic coccobacillus under the family of Coriobacteriaceae. It is a rare cause of pyogenic extraoral infections. We report a 58-year-old lady with good past health presented with fulminant community-acquired pneumonia causing acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by S. exigua requiring veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). Bacterial identification can be challenging and often require 16 S rRNA and MALDI-TOF MS. The patient was treated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid according to sensitivity and made significant recovery.
短小Slackia菌(S. exigua)是放线菌科下的一种专性厌氧球杆菌。它是化脓性口外感染的罕见病因。我们报告一例58岁既往健康的女性,她因短小Slackia菌引起暴发性社区获得性肺炎,导致急性呼吸窘迫综合征,需要静脉-静脉体外膜肺氧合(VV-ECMO)治疗。细菌鉴定可能具有挑战性,通常需要16S rRNA和基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)。患者根据药敏结果接受阿莫西林-克拉维酸治疗,病情显著好转。