Annales de Biologie Clinique
MENUSystemic Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection not associated with endocarditis highlighting bacteriological diagnosis difficulties Case report and literature review Volume 74, issue 3, Mai-Juin 2016
Authors
1 Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Centre hospitalier d’Avranches-Granville, Avranches, France
2 Laboratoire d’hygiène hospitalière, Unité mobile d’infectiologie, Centre hospitalier d’Avranches-Granville, Avranches, France
3 Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène hospitalière, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de Reims, France
4 UFR Médecine, EA 4687 ERA, SFR CAP-Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
- Key words: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Erysipelothrix spp., sepsis
- DOI : 10.1684/abc.2016.1140
- Page(s) : 306-12
- Published in: 2016
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is mostly isolated in swine causing erysipelas. Human invasive infections due to E. rhusiopathiae remain poorly described and interestingly bacteraemia associated with endocarditis are a source of ineffective empirical antibiotherapy. We report a case of sepsis without endocarditis due to E. rhusiopathiae and a review of the literature.