Helcococcus ovis in a patient with an artificial eye: a case report and literature review
Liyan Mao1, Zhongju Chen1, Yanfang Lu1
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Background:
Helcococcus ovis, belonging to the genus of Helcococcu in Peptostreptococcaceae, is one kind of facultative anaerobic and gram-positive cocci, which was first isolated from a mixed infection in sheep in 1999. To our knowledge, it's known as an invasive pathogen in animals, and never been reported as a human pathogen in published literature. The aims of this work are to describe the first report of H. ovis which was recovered from the artificial eye of human case and perform a literature review.
Case Presentation:
A 26 year-old man reporting pyogenic infection with an artificial eye attended ophthalmic ward in Tongji hospital. After physical examination, clinical and laboratory investigations, the diagnosis of eye infection caused by Helcococcus ovis and Staphylococcus aureus was established. Receiving a medico-surgical approach, the patient was successfully treated. The treatment consisted in intravenous cefotaxime and ornidazole, levofloxacin eye drops during two weeks and removing of right artificial eye with debridement.
Conclusions:
We describe here the first known case of H. ovis which was recovered from human artificial eye. This report different from previous data found in the literature emphasizes the invasive potential of this bacterial species as a pathogen in human. Prospectively, the application of next generation sequencing tools would contribute to a more accurate classification of clinical strains.
Insights
Helcococcus ovis, a bacterium previously only found in animals, has been identified as a human pathogen in a rare eye infection case. This finding highlights the bacterium's invasive potential in humans, necessitating further investigation.
Area of Science:
- Microbiology
- Ophthalmology
- Infectious Diseases
Background:
- Helcococcus ovis (H. ovis) is a gram-positive coccus in the Peptostreptococcaceae family, first isolated in 1999.
- Previously considered an animal pathogen, H. ovis has not been documented as a human pathogen in scientific literature.
- This study focuses on the first reported human case of H. ovis infection.
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