Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Presumed Septic Shock Caused by Actinotignum schaalii Bacteremia
Takehiro HashimotoMasaru AndoKosaku KomiyaYuko UsagawaMari YamasueKenji UmekiShin-ichi NurekiKazufumi HiramatsuJun-ichi Kadota
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2021 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 1915-1919

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We herein report a case of presumed septic shock due to Actinotignum schaalii bacteremia with urinary tract infection. A 65-year-old Japanese man suffering from a fever was diagnosed with septic shock due to urinary tract infection. A urine sample was additionally incubated under 5% CO2 and anaerobic conditions after A. schaalii was identified in a blood culture, but A. schaalii was not detected in the urine culture. If Gram-positive rods are observed on Gram staining of a urine sample in symptomatic patients with a predisposing urogenital condition, 5% CO2 and an anaerobic culture of a urine sample should be performed immediately.

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