Atopobium rimae bacteremia complicated by an infection-related glomerulonephritis in a cardiac transplanted patient

Transpl Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;18(4):637-8. doi: 10.1111/tid.12544. Epub 2016 Jun 20.

Authors

A Devresse¹, L Labriola¹, T Dossin¹, M Vatlet², P Hantson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
² Laboratory of Microbiology, CHU Ambroise Paré, Mons, Belgium.
³ Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 27145541
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12544

No abstract available

Keywords: Atopobium rimae; bacteremia; glomerulonephritis; oral cavity; transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Actinobacteria / isolation & purification*
Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / complications
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Blood Culture
Drug Therapy, Combination
Glomerulonephritis / etiology*
Glomerulonephritis / immunology
Glomerulonephritis / microbiology
Glomerulonephritis / therapy
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / surgery
Renal Dialysis

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents