Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey.
Health Science University Turkey, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey.
Anaerobe. 2022 Jun;75:102558. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102558. Epub 2022 Apr 9.
Eggerthia catenaformis is a Gram-positive bacilli and an anaerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium, which rarely causes infections in humans. We present a case of peritonitis caused by E. catenaformis in a peritoneal dialysis patient. The isolate was identified as E. catenaformis with the MALDI-TOF MS method as in other cases in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of peritonitis caused by E. catenaformis in a human host.
Eggerthia catenaformis 是一种革兰氏阳性杆菌，为厌氧且非孢子形成菌，其在人类中很少引起感染。我们报告了一例腹膜透析患者由 E. catenaformis 引起的腹膜炎。该分离株通过 MALDI-TOF MS 方法鉴定为 E. catenaformis，与文献中的其他病例一致。据我们所知，这是首例人类宿主中由 E. catenaformis 引起的腹膜炎。
