Report of isolation of Cryptobacterium curtum from a pelvic abscess

Siddharth Sridhar; Samson S.Y. Wong; Emily W.T. Tam; Susanna K.P. Lau; Patrick C.Y. Woo

doi:10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067

Volume 2, Issue 4

Case Report

Open Access

Report of isolation of Cryptobacterium curtum from a pelvic abscess

Siddharth Sridhar¹, Samson S.Y. Wong^1,2,3, Emily W.T. Tam¹, Susanna K.P. Lau^1,2,3 and Patrick C.Y. Woo^1,2,3
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, PR China ² State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, PR China ³ Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Correspondence Patrick C.Y. Woo [email protected]
Published: 01 August 2015 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067

Abstract

Introduction:

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of isolation of Cryptobacterium curtum from an infected site outside the oral cavity.

Case presentation:

We report a patient who presented with fever and abdominal pain following an endoscopic procedure. Imaging confirmed a retroperitoneal abscess secondary to duodenal perforation complicating the endoscopic procedure. Surgical drainage of the abscess was carried out. Microbiological analysis of the pus revealed, among other bacteria, an anaerobic Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that was definitively identified as Cryptobacterium curtum by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The patient improved after multiple episodes of retroperitoneal lavage and a prolonged course of antibiotics.

Conclusion:

This case demonstrates that C. curtum can be isolated outside the oral cavity in polymicrobial infected sites. The pathogenic significance of this organism in contributing to pyogenic infection requires further study.

Received: 02/12/2014
Accepted: 02/06/2015
Published Online: 01/08/2015

Keyword(s): Cryptobacterium curtum , opportunistic infection and pelvic abscess

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Article metrics loading...

/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067

2015-08-01

2024-04-16

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/jmmcr/2/4/jmmcr000067.html?itemId=/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

Castresana J. 2000; Selection of conserved blocks from multiple alignments for their use in phylogenetic analysis. Mol Biol Evol 17:540–552 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Chan J.F., Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Fan R.Y., Ip J.J., Chan C.F., Luk J.K., Yuen K.Y. 2010; Lactobacillus rhamnosus hepatic abscess associated with Mirizzi syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 66:94–97 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Downes J., Munson M.A., Spratt D.A., Kononen E., Tarkka E., Jousimies-Somer H., Wade W.G. 2001; Characterisation of Eubacterium-like strains isolated from oral infections. J Med Microbiol 50:947–951[PubMed] [CrossRef]
[Google Scholar]
Edgar R.C. 2004; muscle: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput. Nucleic Acids Res 32:1792–1797 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Kumar P.S., Griffen A.L., Barton J.A., Paster B.J., Moeschberger M.L., Leys E.J. 2003; New bacterial species associated with chronic periodontitis. J Dent Res 82:338–344 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Fung A.M., Chan K.M., Woo G.K., Yuen K.Y. 2004a; Anaerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive bacilli bacteraemia characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. J Med Microbiol 53:1247–1253 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Woo G.K., Fung A.M., Wong M.K., Chan K.M., Tam D.M., Yuen K.Y. 2004b; Eggerthella hongkongensis sp. nov. and Eggerthella sinensis sp. nov., two novel Eggerthella species, account for half of the cases of Eggerthella bacteremia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 49:255–263 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Lau S.K., Ng K.H., Woo P.C., Yip K.T., Fung A.M., Woo G.K., Chan K.M., Que T.L., Yuen K.Y. 2006; Usefulness of the MicroSeq 500 16S rDNA bacterial identification system for identification of anaerobic Gram positive bacilli isolated from blood cultures. J Clin Pathol 59:219–222 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Lau S.K., Tang B.S., Curreem S.O., Chan T.M., Martelli P., Tse C.W., Wu A.K., Yuen K.Y., Woo P.C. 2012; Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for rapid identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei: importance of expanding databases with pathogens endemic to different localities. J Clin Microbiol 50:3142–3143 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Maurer A.H., Krevsky B., Knight L.C., Brown K. 1996; Opioid and opioid-like drug effects on whole-gut transit measured by scintigraphy. J Nucl Med 37:818–822[PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Mavrommatis K., Pukall R., Rohde C., Chen F., Sims D., Brettin T., Kuske C., Detter J.C., Han C., other authors. 2009; Complete genome sequence of Cryptobacterium curtum type strain (12-3). Stand Genomic Sci 1:93–100 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Murphy D.B., Sutton A., Prescott L.F., Murphy M.B. 1997; A comparison of the effects of tramadol and morphine on gastric emptying in man. Anaesthesia 52:1224–1229 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Nakazawa F., Poco S.E., Ikeda T., Sato M., Kalfas S., Sundqvist G., Hoshino E. 1999; Cryptobacterium curtum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of Gram-positive anaerobic rod isolated from human oral cavities. Int J Syst Bacteriol 49:1193–1200 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Robertson D., Smith A.J. 2009; The microbiology of the acute dental abscess. J Med Microbiol 58:155–162 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Schurizek B.A., Willacy L.H., Kraglund K., Andreasen F., Juhl B. 1989; Antroduodenal motility, pH and gastric emptying during balanced anaesthesia: comparison of pethidine and fentanyl. Br J Anaesth 62:674–682 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Sullivan A., Törnblom H., Lindberg G., Hammarlund B., Palmgren A.C., Einarsson C., Nord C.E. 2003; The micro-flora of the small bowel in health and disease. Anaerobe 9:11–14 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Talavera G., Castresana J. 2007; Improvement of phylogenies after removing divergent and ambiguously aligned blocks from protein sequence alignments. Syst Biol 56:564–577 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Tamura K., Peterson D., Peterson N., Stecher G., Nei M., Kumar S. 2011; mega5: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods. Mol Biol Evol 28:2731–2739 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]
Tang B.S., Lau S.K., Teng J.L., Chan T.M., Chan W.S., Wong T.Y., Tong Y.T., Fan R.Y., Yuen K.Y., Woo P.C. 2013; Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry for rapid identification of Laribacter hongkongensis . J Clin Pathol 66:1081–1083 [View Article][PubMed]
[Google Scholar]

http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067

Report of isolation of Cryptobacterium curtum from a pelvic abscess

JMM Case Rep 2, e000067 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067

/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000067

Data & Media loading...

Volume 2, Issue 4

Case Report

Open Access

Report of isolation of Cryptobacterium curtum from a pelvic abscess

Abstract

Most read this month

Most cited Most Cited RSS feed

A case of NDM-carbapenemase-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 23 from the UK

Meningitis due to Moraxella nonliquefaciens in a paediatric patient: a case report and review of the literature

Acute influenza virus-associated encephalitis and encephalopathy in adults: a challenging diagnosis

Ehrlichiosis presenting as severe sepsis and meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent adult

In vitro aggregate formation and unusual colony morphology impairing identification of Roseomonas sp. from a septic patient

R77Q and Q3R HIV1‐VPR mutations in an otherwise asymptomatic 5‐year‐old child with repeated ear infections

Efficacy of Bacillus probiotics in prevention of antibiotic‐associated diarrhoea: a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical trial

Difficulty with Gordonia bronchialis identification by Microflex mass spectrometer in a pacemaker‐induced endocarditis

First case of Listeria innocua meningitis in a patient on steroids and eternecept

First report of neonatal sepsis due to Moesziomyces bullatus in a preterm low‐birth‐weight infant