Brain abscess and cervical lymphadenitis due to Paraclostridium bifermentans: A report of two cases. (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sankar R, Udhaya; Biswas, Rakhi; Raja, S.; Sistla, Sujatha; Gopalakrishnan, M.S.; Saxena, Sunil Kumar
• Is Part Of: Anaerobe. Volume 51(2018)
• Page Start: 8
• Page End: 11
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: Brain abscess -- Cervical lymphadenitis -- Paraclostridium bifermentans; Anaerobic infections -- Periodicals; Anaerobic bacteria -- Periodicals; Bacterial diseases -- Periodicals; Computer network resources; Anaerobic protozoa -- Periodicals; 579.3
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.03.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-9964

Abstract

Abstract: Paraclostridium bifermentans (current nomenclature of Clostridium bifermentans since 2016) is a gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium. Here, we describe two cases associated with this organism. The first, primarily a case of tubercular brain abscess where P. bifermentans was isolated as part of a polymicrobial flora, following a neurosurgical procedure for the same and the second, a case of cervical lymphadenitis from which it was isolated as the sole causative agent. There are only a few reported cases of P. bifermentans in literature and these cases illustrate the widening spectrum of infections related to it. Highlights: First case report of cervical lymphadenitis due to Paraclostridium bifermentans . Paraclostridium bifermentans isolated from a case of brain abscess, as a part of polymicrobial causation. Pathogenic potential of Paralostridium bifermentans needs to be evaluated.