TY - JOUR A2 - Dogra, S. A2 - Horrocks, P. A2 - Walder, G. A2 - Sumba, P. O. A2 - Talhari, S. AU - Salameh, Ahmad AU - Klotz, Stephen A. AU - Zangeneh, Tirdad T. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/12/17 TI - Disseminated Infection Caused byEggerthella lentain a Previously Healthy Young Man: A Case Report SP - 517637 VL - 2012 AB - Anaerobic bacteria are the predominant normal flora of the mucous membranes which may cause life-threatening disseminated infections and are often difficult to culture from infected sites. Eggerthella(previously known as Eubacteriaspecies) is an anaerobic, nonsporulating, nonmotile, Gram-positive rod that is found in the human colon and feces and has been isolated from various other clinical specimens. We report a case of complicated disseminated anaerobic bacterial infection with Eggerthella lentain a healthy immunocompetent man causing multiple brain abscesses, liver abscesses, necrotizing pneumonia, and osteomyelitis of the left radial bone. He was successfully treated with empiric penicillin G and metronidazole. SN - 2090-6625 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/517637 DO - 10.1155/2012/517637 JF - Case Reports in Infectious Diseases PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -