| association between hacek bacteraemia and endocarditis. | we retrospectively examined medical records of 87 patients with bacteraemia caused by members of the hacek group (haemophilus parainfluenzae, aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, aggregatibacter aphrophilus, aggregatibacter paraphrophilus, cardiobacterium spp., eikenella corrodens and kingella spp.) to determine whether endocarditis was present, as defined by the duke criteria. the overall positive predictive value (ppv) of hacek bacteraemia for endocarditis was 60 %. the ppv varied with diffe ... | 2014 | 24681996 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus infective endocarditis confirmed by broad-range pcr diagnosis: a case report. | aggregatibacter aphrophilus is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. this pathogen is difficult to identify with common culture methods, which can lead to incorrect diagnosis and treatment. | 2017 | 28152491 |
| late infectious endocarditis of surgical patch closure of atrial septal defects diagnosed by 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose gated cardiac computed tomography (18f-fdg-pet/ct): a case report. | in contrast to percutaneous atrial septal occluder device, surgical patch closure of atrial defects was known to be no infective endocarditis risk. | 2016 | 27557679 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus misidentified as brucella spp. in an immunocompetent patient with brain abscess. | aggregatibacter aphrophilus rarely causes brain abscesses. here we report a case of the brain abscess caused by aggregatibacter aphrophilus. cultivated gram negative coccobacilli from cerebral abscess were initially misidentified as brucella spp. because it gave false positive agglutination with anti-brucella sera. definite identification was made with maldi-tof assay. right to left shunt through the pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was speculated to be the underlying cause for the brain abs ... | 2016 | 27524544 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus chronic lacrimal canaliculitis: a case report. | chronic canaliculitis is often misdiagnosed as conjunctivitis, delaying proper documentation and management. aggregatibacter aphrophillus has not been implicated in chronic canaliculitis. | 2016 | 27485631 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus sacroiliitis following gastroscopy in a young sportsman. | we report a case of aggregatibacter aphrophilus sacroiliitis in a young sportsman, presenting 48 hours after endoscopy and biopsy. microbiological diagnosis was made only after repeated attempt at joint aspiration. the patient was cured after radiologically guided drainage and a prolonged course of directed antibiotics. | 2017 | 27347869 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus ventriculitis following c1-c2 transarticular screw fixation. | central nervous system (cns) infections after cervical spine surgery are a rare but serious complication and may be caused by uncommon pathogens. we report the case of a 57-year-old male who developed slowly progressive mental confusion with headaches, increased daytime sleepiness and mild gait disturbance within the last 3 weeks. six weeks prior to admission to our department, he underwent an atlantoaxial fusion by c1-c2 transarticular screw fixation for rheumatoid arthritis related c1-c2 multi ... | 2016 | 26851694 |
| brain abscess due to aggregatibacter aphrophilus and bacteroides uniformis. | the aim of this report was to describe the occurrence of a bacterial brain abscess in a healthy individual, without any predisposing condition. | 2015 | 26702912 |
| a case of aggregatibacter aphrophilus multiple abscess. | we report a case of brain and lung abscesses caused by agreggatibacter aphrophilus in a 43-year-old man with past history of splenectomy and drug addiction, in the absence of endocarditis. microbiological samples remain negatives and diagnosis was made by 16s rdna pcr performance on abscess fluid for this coccobacillus that belongs to the hacek group. the patient's clinical symptoms resolved within 6 weeks of treatment with cefotaxim. | 2015 | 26380332 |
| 50 years ago in the journal of pediatrics: infection with haemophilus aphrophilus: brain abscess (comment on current literature). | | 2015 | 25819911 |
| recurrent infective endocarditis due to aggregatibacter aphrophilus and staphylococcus lugdunensis. | uncommon microorganisms are increasingly being recognized as causative agents of paediatric infectious endocarditis (ie). we report a 4-year old girl with congenital heart disease, who suffered from 2 ie episodes secondary to aggregatibacter aphrophilus (formerly haemophilus aphrophilus) and staphylococcus lugdunensis, both rarely reported pathogens in this age group. the patient was initially successfully treated with prolonged intravenous antibiotic courses, however removal of the contegra val ... | 2015 | 25751682 |
| presumed aggregatibacter aphrophilus endogenous endophthalmitis. | we hereby report a case of endogenous endophthalmitis, presumably caused by a rare culprit-aggregatibacter aphrophilus. a. aphrophilus is a member of the hacek group, a group of fastidious gram-negative bacteria with low pathogenicity and a rare cause of human infections. for ophthalmic infection, it has been reported to cause canaliculitis and exogenous endophthalmitis. a middle-aged gentleman with good past health presented with decreased vision (20/200) in his left eye. other than fever, he w ... | 2015 | 25680418 |
| empyema due to aggregatibacter aphrophilus and parvimonas micra coinfection. | | 2015 | 25138795 |
| [a case of osteomyelitis caused by mixed infection by aggregatibacter aphrophilus and staphylococcus aureus]. | a 46-year-old man presented with a 10-day history of progressive weakness and numbness in both his legs. the spinal mri and abdominal ct revealed discitis of l4/l5 and multiple epidural abscesses. the blood culture tested positive for methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus (mssa). the gram stain of sample from abscess drainage showed gram-positive cocci in clusters and small gram-negative rods. the gram-positive cocci in clusters were identified as mssa using a general culture method and th ... | 2014 | 24974454 |
| aiding and abetting: aggregatibacter aphrophilus coinciding with mycobacterium avium. | | 2014 | 24632057 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus brain abscess secondary to primary tooth extraction: case report and literature review. | we report on a rare case of aggregatibacter aphrophilus brain abscess of odontogenic origin in a 6-year-old previously healthy boy, who had close contact with a pet dog. the poodle was the most likely source of the infecting organism, which subsequently colonized the patient's oral cavity. the abscess was surgically removed and he recovered completely after prolonged antibiotic treatment with meropenem. we also review the relevant medical literature on a. aphrophilus pediatric brain abscesses. | 2016 | 24529567 |
| delay in diagnosis of femoral hematogenous osteomyelitis in adults: an elusive disease with poor outcome. | hematogenous osteomyelitis of long bone is rare in adults, especially in the immune competent host. only a few cases have been described to date. | 2013 | 23516768 |
| [a 22-year-old patient from ghana with fever and reduced cd4 t-cell count]. | a 22-year-old patient from ghana without relevant co-morbidities was admitted twice with fever of unknown origin and reduced cd4 t-cell count. during the second hospital stay, after prolonged incubation of blood cultures and detection of vegetations on the mitral valve in a transesophageal echocardiogram, infectious endocarditis with aggregatibacter aphrophilus was diagnosed. treatment according to european guidelines resulted in resolution of the fever, dissolution of the mitral valve vegetatio ... | 2013 | 23318543 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus endocarditis: a case report. | we present a case of endocarditis with embolic stroke and digital infarction due to the recently renamed aggregatibacter aphrophilus. the isolation and identification of this organism can be problematic but was achieved in this case using both older phenotypic and newer genotypic methods. a benign tongue lesion is suggested as the likely portal of entry for this oropharyngeal organism. the patient made a good recovery with six weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone but will need cardiac valvular surge ... | 2012 | 23138585 |
| parotid gland abscess caused by haemophilus paraphrophilus: a case report. | human diseases caused by haemophilus paraphrophilus (h.paraphrophilus) are unusual. the following case report describes a 67-year-old man who presented with pain and swelling of the right side of the face. fine needle aspiration suggested a parotid gland abscess. microbiological studies identified h.paraphrophilus. this is the first time a parotid abscess has been found to be caused by this organism. | 2012 | 23090740 |
| [polymicrobial brain abscess in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (osler's disease)]. | a 38-year-old woman who suffered from migraine was admitted because of severe, worsening headache for 24 hours (dissimilar to the previous migraine attacks), with impaired vision and weakness of the right arm. mild hemiparesis and expressive aphasia indicated an intracranial tumor. | 2012 | 22875690 |
| aggregatibacter aphrophilus pyogenic liver abscess in an immunocompetent young woman. | aggregatibacter aphrophilus (formerly haemophilus aphrophilus/paraphrophilus) is a small gram-negative coccobacillus with fastidious growth requirements. it is a normal commensal of the human oropharynx and upper respiratory tract, and it can infrequently cause invasive human diseases, including bone and joint infections and subacute infective endocarditis. cases of liver abscess caused by aggregatibacter aphrophilus have been sparsely recorded in the english-language literature, but have not ye ... | 2012 | 22622257 |
| sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis and osteomyelitis caused by aggregatibacter aphrophilus. | | 2014 | 22223671 |