Axillary abscess complicated by venous thrombosis: identification of Streptococcus pyogenes by 16S PCR

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3435-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00373-10. Epub 2010 Jun 30.

Abstract

We report a case of an axillary abscess with Streptococcus pyogenes complicated by venous thrombosis. Bacterial etiology and typing were obtained by PCR and sequencing of the 16S rRNA and M-protein genes from abscess material. The bacterium was of serotype M41, and serology indicated that it had expressed procoagulant factors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / complications*
  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Abscess / pathology
  • Antigens, Bacterial / genetics
  • Axilla / pathology*
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Serotyping
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / pathology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Venous Thrombosis / microbiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / pathology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • streptococcal M protein