Severe infection due to Actinomyces bernardiae: case report.

Ieven, M; Verhoeven, J; Gentens, P; Goossens, H · Clin Infect Dis · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a patient with a serious urinary tract infection due to Actinomyces bernardiae (formerly classified as CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta] fermentative coryneform group 2). Our patient had long-standing bladder dysfunction and developed hydroureteronephrosis, renal lithiasis, perirenal abscesses, and septicemia. A. bernardiae is distinct from Actinomyces pyogenes and several CDC coryneform groups.

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