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Infections due toActinomyces neuii (former “CDC coryneform group 1” bacteria)

Actinomyces neuii-Infektionen (Ehemals „CDC coryneforme Gruppe 1“ Bakterien)

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Sixty-seven patients with infections in which the recently proposed speciesActinomyces neuii was involved were observed during a 4 1/2-year period. Microbiological as well as clinical features of the patients are presented.A. neuii does not cause typical actinomycosis and is detected most often in material from abscesses or infected atheromas. One case of a fatal septicemia caused byA. neuii in a non-immunocompromised host was seen. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns ofA. neuii isolates and results of various treatment regimens are discussed.

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Während 4 1/2 Jahren wurden 67 Patienten mit Infektionen, an denen die kürzlich definierte SpeziesActinomyces neuii beteiligt war, beobachtet. Mikrobiologische und klinische Charakteristika dieser Infektionen werden aufgezeigt.A. neuii verursacht nicht das Bild einer klassischen Aktinomykose; er wird am häufigsten bei Patienten mit Abszessen oder infizierten Atheromen gefunden. Der Fall einer durchA. neuii bedingten letal verlaufenden Sepsis bei einer nicht-immunkompromittierten Patientin wird geschildert. Resistenzmuster vonA. neuii-Stämmen und verschiedene Ansätze zur Therapie vonA. neuii-Infektionen werden diskutiert.

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  1. Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie der Universität Zürich, Gloriastraße 32, CH-8028, Zürich, Switzerland

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Funke, G., von Graevenitz, A. Infections due toActinomyces neuii (former “CDC coryneform group 1” bacteria). Infection 23, 73–75 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01833868

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