Shahrvini Tara, McCullough Matthew
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 14445 Olive View Dr, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States.
IDCases. 2024 Sep 3;38:e02071. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02071. eCollection 2024.
is a rare, emerging opportunistic pathogen that has been previously limited to nosocomial infections, often associated with contaminated sterile solutions. Here, we present the case of a neck abscess caused by , the first documented case of a deep neck space infection caused by this bacterium. The patient in this case had no risk factors for infection. By highlighting the atypical presentation and microbiology in this case, we aim to highlight the emergence of a wide spectrum of disease caused by .
是一种罕见的、新出现的机会性病原体,以前仅限于医院感染,常与受污染的无菌溶液有关。在此,我们报告一例由引起的颈部脓肿病例,这是该细菌引起的深部颈部间隙感染的首例有记录病例。该病例中的患者没有感染的危险因素。通过强调该病例的非典型表现和微生物学特征,我们旨在突出由引起的广泛疾病的出现。