A Case of Sepsis in Which Escherichia coli and Fastidiosipila sanguinis Were Isolated and Identified From a Blood Culture
We isolated <i>Fastidiosipila sanguinis</i> for the first time in Asia, alongside <i>Escherichia coli</i>, from blood culture specimens in a case of complicated urinary tract infection with sepsis. In our case, <i>F. sanguinis</i> took 96 hours to form colonies under anaerobic culture and showed sensitivity to ceftriaxone, administered for the urinary tract infection. The pathogenicity and clinical significance of <i>F. sanguinis</i>, as well as its impact on the host when coinfected with other pathogens, require further analysis through the accumulation of cases.
Authors
- Hisafumi Kihara
- Hisaharu Shikata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7605-7615)
- Masahiko Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-3159)
- Haruka Yamamoto
Institutions
- Uwajima City Hospital (JP)
- Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital (JP)
- Ehime University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.66159
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39