Ravichandran Praveen, Kundu Ramit, Biswas Rakhi, Anbazhagan Sathiaprabhu
Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Anaerobe. 2025 Feb 1;93:102943. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2025.102943.
Parvimonas micra is a gram-positive coccus which is an obligate anaerobe. It is a commensal in the oropharyngeal cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. The genus Parvimonas has only a single species, P. micra. Although there are several reports of infections due to P. micra involving various body sites, cases of brain abscess due to this organism have been under-reported in the literature. Here we present a rare case of cerebellar abscess caused by P. micra in a nine-year-old boy with complex cyanotic heart disease.
微小单胞菌是一种革兰氏阳性球菌，属于专性厌氧菌。它是口咽腔和胃肠道中的共生菌。单胞菌属仅有一种，即微小单胞菌。尽管有几篇关于微小单胞菌引起的涉及身体各个部位感染的报道，但该菌引起脑脓肿的病例在文献中报道较少。在此，我们报告一例罕见的由微小单胞菌引起的小脑脓肿病例，患者为一名患有复杂性青紫型心脏病的9岁男孩。
