Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec;9(12):1629-32. doi: 10.3201/eid0912.020646.

Abstract

We describe two immunosuppressed female patients with fever and Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia, a combination documented once previously in an immunocompetent male patient. The patients were treated with doxycycline and clindamycin; these drugs, with beta-lactams, are effective treatment for A. odontolyticus infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Actinomyces / growth & development*
  • Actinomycosis / drug therapy
  • Actinomycosis / immunology
  • Actinomycosis / microbiology*
  • Aged
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / immunology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents