Bacteraemia Associated with Bilophila wadsworthia: A Rare Case Presentation from Hungary
<i>Bilophila wadsworthia</i> is a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium. In current study, it was identified in the bloodstream of a 69-year-old man admitted to the Neurology Clinic at the University of Debrecen, Clinical Centre, Hungary, for internal carotid artery stent implantation. Bacteraemia caused by <i>B. wadsworthia</i> is extremely rare, with very few cases reported worldwide. This case is notable because it is the first instance in which whole-genome sequencing of <i>B. wadsworthia</i> derived from blood was performed. Moreover, the sequence data have been deposited in a public database.
Authors
- Máté Héja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3382-8852)
- Ágnes Jakab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6236-0656)
- Tamás Árokszállási (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0096-8295)
- Eszter Vitális
- Bence Balázs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-4545)
- Aliz Bozó
- Renátó Kovács (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3946-2424)
- Kitti Bernadett Kovács
- Zoltán Tóth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3394-3238)
- Krisztina Szonja Bábel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3491-0610)
- László Majoros
Institutions
- University of Debrecen (HU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pathogens
- Published
- 2024-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13090749
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77