Veillonella atypica bacteraemia: Case report and literature review
Veillonella atypica is an anaerobic Gram-negative coccus, a common commensal of the human oral, vaginal and intestinal microbiota, which rarely causes infections in the human host. To date, only two cases of bacteraemia caused by this germ have been reported in the literature. We present the case of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
| Repositorio: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:minerva_____::491752f26eb41d7e244ca08ade0535d7 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46910 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bacteremia Cirrhosis Enterovesical fistula Veillonella atypica |
| Sumario: | Veillonella atypica is an anaerobic Gram-negative coccus, a common commensal of the human oral, vaginal and intestinal microbiota, which rarely causes infections in the human host. To date, only two cases of bacteraemia caused by this germ have been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 50-year-old male patient with liver cirrhosis who developed V. atypica bacteraemia in the context of acute diverticulitis complicated by an enterovesical fistula. |
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