Parvimonas micra infective endocarditis

García-Hita, Marta; Sigona-Giangreco, Ignacio Antonio; Rincón-Almanza, José A.; Frasquet-Artes, Juan

doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2020.01.012

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“…micra has been reported as an infective cause of chronic periodontitis, endocarditis, renal abscesses, and psoas abscesses. 5 – 7 These reported findings were expected, given the organism is a normal part of gastrointestinal, oral, genital, and potentially skin flora. 2 , 8 Staphylococcus lugdunensis and Staphylococcus epidermidis , the aerobic infecting agents present in our patient’s tear duct culture, are also components of normal skin flora and commonly implicated in nasolacrimal duct infections.…”

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Dacryocystitis Involving Parvimonas micra and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Infection

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Sokol³

2022

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Dacryocystitis Involving Parvimonas micra and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Infection

Abouodah

Nasrazadani²,

Sokol³

2022

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Late onset prosthetic joint infection caused by Parvimonas micra

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Severe pneumonia caused by Parvimonas micra: a case report

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Background Parvimonas micra (P. micra) is a gram-positive anaerobic coccus that is detected widely on the skin, in the oral mucosa and in the gastrointestinal tract. In certain circumstances, P. micra can cause abdominal abscesses, bacteraemia and other infections. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no case reports describing the biological characteristics of P. micra-related pneumonia. These bacteria do not always multiply in an aerobic organ, such as the lung, and they could be easily overlooked because of the clinical mindset. Case presentation A 35-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to the emergency department 4 weeks prior to her due date who was exhibiting 5 points on the Glasgow coma scale. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed a massive haemorrhage in her left basal ganglia. She underwent a caesarean section and brain surgery before being admitted to the ICU. She soon developed severe pneumonia and hypoxemia. Given that multiple sputum cultures were negative, the patient’s bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was submitted for next-generation sequencing (NGS) to determine the pathogen responsible for the pneumonia; as a result, P. micra was determined to be the causative pathogen. Accordingly the antibiotic therapy was altered and the pneumonia improved. Conclusion In this case, we demonstrated severe pneumonia caused by the anaerobic organism P. micra, and the patient benefited from receiving the correct antibiotic. NGS was used as a method of quick diagnosis when sputum culture failed to distinguish the pathogen.

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Parvimonas micra infective endocarditis

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Dacryocystitis Involving Parvimonas micra and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Infection

Dacryocystitis Involving Parvimonas micra and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Infection

Late onset prosthetic joint infection caused by Parvimonas micra

Severe pneumonia caused by Parvimonas micra: a case report

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