Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Anaerobe. 2022 Feb;73:102483. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102483. Epub 2021 Nov 25.
Clinical infections by Bifidobacterium species rarely developed. We report two cases of bacteremic pneumonia caused by B. pseudocatenulatum and B. dentium, respectively, in patients vulnerable to aspiration. These cases suggested the potential for cause of serious pneumonia caused by Bifidobacterium species, in patients with high risk of aspiration.
双歧杆菌属引起的临床感染很少见。我们报告了两例分别由假链双歧杆菌和齿双歧杆菌引起的菌血症性肺炎,这两例患者均存在易发生吸入的情况。这些病例提示,对于有发生吸入高危风险的患者,双歧杆菌属可能导致严重肺炎。