Bloodstream co-infection with Turicibacter sanguinis and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in a patient with a flare of ulcerative colitis - A case report and review of the literature

Kendall Kling; Vivek Paul; Teresa Zembower; Chao Qi

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02080

Bloodstream co-infection with Turicibacter sanguinis and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in a patient with a flare of ulcerative colitis - A case report and review of the literature

IDCases. 2024 Sep 10:38:e02080. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02080. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Kendall Kling^{1

2}, Vivek Paul², Teresa Zembower^{1

2}, Chao Qi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Abstract

Turicibacter sanguinis was isolated in 2002 from the blood of a patient with appendicitis. We report a bacteremia with T. sanguinis and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in a patient with ulcerative colitis. T. sanguinis grew in thioglycolate media and identification was confirmed with 16S rRNA sequencing.

Keywords: Desulfovibrio; Turicibacter sanguinis; Ulcerative colitis.

Publication types

Case Reports