TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of Flavonifractor plautii blood stream infection in a severe burn patient and a review of the literature
AU - Costescu Strachinaru, Diana Isabela
AU - Gallez, Jean Luc
AU - Daras, Sonia
AU - Paridaens, Marie Sophie
AU - Engel, Harald
AU - François, Pierre Michel
AU - Rose, Thomas
AU - Vanbrabant, Peter
AU - Soentjens, Patrick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Belgian Society of Internal Medicine and Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine (2021).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Flavonifractor plautii is a strictly anaerobic rod shaped bacterium belonging to the family of Clostridiales. It is a commensal of the human intestinal microbiota which was seldom isolated from clinical samples, therefore clinical data are scarce. To date, only four cases of F. plautii infections were described, all occurring in immunosuppressed patients. Case presentation: We report a case where F. plautii was isolated from the blood culture of a severe burn victim and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of F. plautii blood stream infection described in a burn patient.
AB - Background: Flavonifractor plautii is a strictly anaerobic rod shaped bacterium belonging to the family of Clostridiales. It is a commensal of the human intestinal microbiota which was seldom isolated from clinical samples, therefore clinical data are scarce. To date, only four cases of F. plautii infections were described, all occurring in immunosuppressed patients. Case presentation: We report a case where F. plautii was isolated from the blood culture of a severe burn victim and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of F. plautii blood stream infection described in a burn patient.
KW - Anaerobic bacteria
KW - Flavonifractor plautii
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - blood stream infection
KW - burn
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U2 - 10.1080/17843286.2021.1944584
DO - 10.1080/17843286.2021.1944584
M3 - Article
C2 - 34151750
AN - SCOPUS:85108627714
SN - 1784-3286
VL - 77
SP - 693
EP - 697
JO - Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
IS - 3
ER -