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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1826-1828, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1826-1828.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mycotic Aneurysm Caused by Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus

Wen-Chu Chiang,1 Jui-Chang Tsai,2,3 Shey-Ying Chen,1 Chiung-Yuan Hsu,1 Chen-Tu Wu,4 Lee-Jene Teng,5,6 and Po-Ren Hsueh5,7*

Departments of Emergency Medicine,1 Surgery,2 Pathology,4 Laboratory Medicine,5 Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital,7 Center for Optoelectronic Biomedicine,3 School of Medical Technology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan6

Received 3 November 2003/ Returned for modification 12 December 2003/ Accepted 29 December 2003

An infected mycotic aneurysm due to Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus has not previously been reported. We report on this condition in an 87-year-old woman who had aggravating abdominal pain and a large fusiform aneurysm over the thoracic-abdominal aorta with mural thrombus. Isolates from two sets of blood cultures and the debrided tissue were identified as S. constellatus subsp. constellatus by their biochemical reaction profiles, compatible 16S rRNA gene sequencing results, and sequencing results for the partial groESL gene and the 16S-23S intergenic spacer region.

* Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd., Taipei, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-2312-3456, ext. 5363. Fax: 886-2-2322-4263. E-mail: hsporen{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1826-1828, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1826-1828.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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