Kirmaier, A.; Kubiak, J.; Mahler, L.; Qian, X.; Wu, L.; Ono, Y.; Riedel, S.; Medline, A.; Yang, X.; Elamin, S.; et al. Case Report and Mini-Review: Sarcina Ventriculi In the Stomach of an 80-Year-Old Female. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023, 116137, doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116137.
Kirmaier, A.; Kubiak, J.; Mahler, L.; Qian, X.; Wu, L.; Ono, Y.; Riedel, S.; Medline, A.; Yang, X.; Elamin, S.; et al. Case Report and Mini-Review: Sarcina Ventriculi In the Stomach of an 80-Year-Old Female. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023, 116137, doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116137.
Kirmaier, A.; Kubiak, J.; Mahler, L.; Qian, X.; Wu, L.; Ono, Y.; Riedel, S.; Medline, A.; Yang, X.; Elamin, S.; et al. Case Report and Mini-Review: Sarcina Ventriculi In the Stomach of an 80-Year-Old Female. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023, 116137, doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116137.
Kirmaier, A.; Kubiak, J.; Mahler, L.; Qian, X.; Wu, L.; Ono, Y.; Riedel, S.; Medline, A.; Yang, X.; Elamin, S.; et al. Case Report and Mini-Review: Sarcina Ventriculi In the Stomach of an 80-Year-Old Female. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023, 116137, doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116137.
Abstract
In infectious disease and clinical microbiology, rarely encountered species are often of special concern simply by virtue of their unfamiliarity, especially in settings of complicated underlying disease. This is all the more so when the infectious agent has an appearance that distinguishes it from most commonly encountered organisms, making it a mystery that must be explained. In this context, it is rare for histopathologists to be more familiar with a bacterial species than clinical microbiologists but Sarcina ventriculi is one such example. Infrequently seen in tissue and even less often in culture, we here report a case of Sarcina ventriculi in the GI tract of a geriatric patient with complex underlying history. A brief discussion of the history, clinical presentation, treatment, and culture conditions of this organism is provided, along with clarification of nomenclature, which has changed and could otherwise be a source of additional confusion in this rarely encountered bacterium.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Pathology and Pathobiology
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