由于乳球菌的急性胆囊炎和由于乳球菌的感染的单一中心经验spp
Janani Karunaratne1, Sridhar Gona1, Aaron George1
1Meritus Health, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA.
Surgical infections
|May 2, 2024
概括
通常用于乳制品发酵的乳球球菌可以引起罕见但严重的人类感染. 这项研究强调了乳球球菌感染,包括胆囊肺炎和败血症,强调其作为手术病原体的潜力.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 临床医学 临床医学
背景情况:
- 乳球球菌种在乳制品发酵中很常见,但被认为是罕见的人类病原体.
- 虽然通常与粮食生产有关,但乳球菌可以在人类中引起机会性感染.
- 这项研究在临床环境中调查了由乳球球菌种引起的严重感染.
研究的目的:
- 报告一种罕见的乳球菌相关胆囊炎病例.
- 在机构数据库中审查由乳球菌种引起的人类其他感染.
- 突出乳球菌作为人类严重感染,特别是手术部位感染的原因的潜力.
主要方法:
- 在胆囊切除术后呈现了一种乳球菌乳糖诱导的胆囊瘤病例.
- 在一个机构数据库的追溯搜索中,在四年内发现了四个额外的乳球菌感染病例.
- 分析了临床数据,包括患者人口统计,感染类型和结果.
主要成果:
- 乳球菌被分离出了在一个手术治疗的患者的胆囊肺炎.
- 另外四名患者出现了乳球菌感染,包括与肺炎,有毒大结肠和胃肠炎相关的血液感染.
- 确定的物种是乳球菌乳酸菌,乳球菌 garvieae,和乳球菌 raffinolactis. 两名败血症患者没有存活.
- 这是第二个报告的乳球球菌引起的胆囊炎病例.
结论:
- 乳球球菌是一种罕见的人类病原体,主要与血液感染有关.
- 这些发现强调了在重症手术感染的差异诊断中考虑乳球菌的重要性.
- 及时识别和适当管理对于改善乳球菌感染患者的治疗结果至关重要.
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