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Fatal septicaemia with Selenomonas sputigena and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. A case report
H Westh1, J J Christensen, J Blom
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abstract:
A 38-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse developed rapidly fulminating septicaemia and died. Selenomonas sputigena and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus were isolated from a blood culture. Selenomonas sputigena is a motile anaerobic gram-negative rod rarely associated with systemic disease. Difficulties in isolation and taxonomic identification are discussed.