| Title: |
A 'Kelp-Like' Microorganism Within the Belly |
| Authors: |
de Kyvon, Marie-Alix; Carvalho-Schneider, Claudia; Lemaignen, Adrien; Dussart, David; Barbaz, Mathilde; Barbe, Pierre-Guillaume; Lanotte, Philippe; Bernard, Louis; Bailly, Éric; Chandenier, J; Desoubeaux, Guillaume |
| Contributors: |
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours); Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène CHRU Tours; Centre d’Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires Tours (CEPR - U 1100); Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 1058-4838. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
Université François-Rabelais de Tours: HAL |
| Subject Terms: |
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; [SDV.MP.MYC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Mycology; [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology |
| Description: |
International audience ; A 50-year-old woman suffering from paranoid schizophrenia with carelessness symptom was referred on day 0 for peritoni-tis caused by a perforated gastro-duodenal ulcer. In her recent medical history, anorexia, constipation, and impairment of general health condition were reported. A biological inflam-matory syndrome was noticed at admission, with C-reactive protein of 320.1 mg/L, procalcitonin of 216.68 µg/L, and polymorphonuclear neutrophil count of 16.4 × 10 9 /L. To note, blood calcium, total serum protein, and hemoglobin were low at 1.77 mmol/L, 40 g/L (including 16 g/L for albumin), and 81 g/L, respectively. Several intraperitoneal abscesses were detected by computed tomography on day 3 (Figure 1). Abscess aspirate showed a moderately inflammatory liquid with no malignant cells (day 4). On the third day following Figure 1. Medical imaging of abdomen. Noncontrast computed tomography scan showed 3 large abscesses within the peritoneum on day 3 (abscesses' sizes = 29.3 × 15.4 mm, 28.4 × 15.2 mm, and 82.2 × 47.1 mm). Figure 2. Microbiological findings from the abscess aspirate. A, After 6 days of culture, creamy, pale (instead of "whitish"), yeast-like colonies with flat rough texture. B, Microscopic observation of positive culture through fresh mounting (magnification ×400). C, Microscopic observation of positive culture according to calcofluor method (magnification ×400). |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-02443964; https://hal.science/hal-02443964v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-02443964v1/file/Prototheca%20proof.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.770C9F58 |
| Database: |
BASE |