Neurological disease may precede lymphadenopathies in Actinomyces europaeus infection. Issue 4 (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Corcione, Silvia; Curtoni, Antonio; Paolucci, Ivana A.; Di Perri, Giovanni; De Rosa, Francesco G.; Cavallo, Rossana
• Is Part Of: Journal of infection and public health. Volume 11:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 592
• Page End: 593
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: Actinomyces -- Actinomycosis -- Vascular infections -- Intensive care unit -- Vasculitis -- Neurological symptoms; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; 614.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.12.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-0341

Abstract

Abstract: Actinomyces species are part of the commensal flora of the mucous membranes of the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract and female genital tract. Actinomyces europaeus is a short, nonmotile, facultative anaerobic rod first described in 1997, susceptible in vitro to a wide range of b-lactam antibiotics which are regarded as first choice. In this report we described the case of A. europaeus infection in a young female patient admitted to Intensive Care Unit and the possible damage of vascular endothelium due to a chronic progressive actinomycosis that at first involved neck soft tissue, then cervical lymphnodes, and finally extended to the vascular structure.