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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2655-2656, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00467-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Sepsis Caused by Veillonella parvula Infection in a 17-Year-Old Patient with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia (Bruton's Disease)

Magdalena Strach,1 Maciej Siedlar,2* Danuta Kowalczyk,2 Marek Zembala,2 and Tomasz Grodzicki1

Department of Internal Diseases and Gerontology,1 Department of Clinical Immunology, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland2

Received 3 March 2006/ Returned for modification 4 April 2006/ Accepted 26 April 2006

A case of a male, 17-year-old, X-linked agammaglobulinemia patient with bacteremia caused by Veillonella parvula, without a defined primary site of infection, is presented. The report demonstrates that V. parvula should not be regarded as a nonpathogenic microorganism, at least not in patients with certain forms of immunodeficiency disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Immunology, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265 Str., 30-663 Krakow, Poland. Phone: (48-12) 658 24 86. Fax: (48-12) 658 17 56. E-mail: misiedla{at}cyf-kr.edu.pl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2655-2656, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00467-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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