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Two intriguing Bilophila wadsworthia cases from Hungary
Edit Urbán1, Anna Hortobágyi1, Károly Szentpáli1
1Institute of Clinical Microbiology1, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy2 and Department of Surgery3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged H-6701, Hungary.
Journal of Medical Microbiology
|October 22, 2004
Summary
The bacterium Bilophila wadsworthia was identified in Hungary for the first time. This study reports its isolation from chronic mastoiditis with a brain abscess, a novel clinical finding.
Area of Science:
- Microbiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Clinical Bacteriology
Background:
- Bilophila wadsworthia is an obligate anaerobic, Gram-negative bacillus.
- This bacterium has been previously isolated from human feces and appendicitis specimens.
Observation:
- This study details two cases involving the isolation of Bilophila wadsworthia.
- These represent the first isolations of B. wadsworthia in Hungary.
- The bacterium was isolated from a case of chronic mastoiditis complicated by a brain abscess.
Findings:
- The findings confirm the presence of Bilophila wadsworthia in a Hungarian clinical setting.
- This study highlights a new association of B. wadsworthia with chronic mastoiditis and brain abscess.
Implications:
- This research expands the known clinical spectrum and geographical distribution of Bilophila wadsworthia infections.
- The findings may prompt further investigation into the role of B. wadsworthia in head and neck infections and abscess formation.