Secondary subcutaneous abscess due to mixed infections by <i>Peptoniphilus olsenii</i> and <i>Gleimia europaea</i> after <scp>COVID</scp>‐19-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Secondary subcutaneous abscess due to mixed infections by Peptoniphilus olsenii and Gleimia europaea after COVID‐19

Published:2023-01 Issue:1 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Yamamoto Yuji¹^ORCID,Shiroyama Takayuki¹,Hirata Haruhiko¹,Matsumoto Kinnosuke¹,Kuge Tomoki¹,Yoneda Midori¹,Yamamoto Makoto¹,Uchiyama Akinori²,Takeda Yoshito¹,Kumanogoh Atsushi¹³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Osaka Japan

2. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Osaka Japan

3. Department of Immunopathology, WPI, Immunology Frontier Research Center (iFReC) Osaka University Suita Osaka Japan

4. Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI) Osaka University Suita Osaka Japan

5. Center for Infectious Diseases for Education and Research (CiDER) Osaka University Suita Osaka Japan

Abstract

AbstractThis report described a rare case of subcutaneous anaerobic bacterial abscess due to Peptoniphilus olsenii and Gleimia europaea after COVID‐19. The patient received incision and drainage of the abscess and antibiotics, thereby achieving recovery. Immunodeficiency related to COVID‐19 and its treatment might contribute to secondary skin and subcutaneous bacterial infections.

Funder

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Mitsubishi Foundation

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.6844