Trueperella bernardiae: first report of wound infection post laparoscopic surgery

Abstract

Key Clinical MessageWe report the first case of wound infection caused by Trueperella bernardiae after laparoscopic surgery. The patient was treated with oral amoxicillin/clavulanate which was continued for 1 week after discharge with a successful clinical response. There are few cases described but none related to wound infection after laparoscopic surgery.

Trueperella bernardiae bloodstream infection following onco-gynaecologic surgery and literature review

“…Trueperella bernardiae is a commensal of the human skin and oropharynx, coryneform, facultative anaerobic, catalase and oxidase negative, Gram-positive bacillus [4]. Despite human infections with Trueperella spp hav-ing a low prevalence, the addition to the Matrixassisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry database of the main spectrum for T. bernardiae made its pathogenicity increasingly documented in literature [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. We report a case of T. bernardiae bloodstream infection (BSI) following onco-gynaecologic surgery together with a comprehensive literature review of T. bernardiae infections to help clinicians be aware about epidemiological, clinical, and microbiologic features of this emerging pathogen.…”

Brain abscess caused by Trueperella bernardiae in a child

“…[11] The only known case of Trueperella associated with a brain abscess was reported in a 68-year-old woman with a history of diabetes insipidus, rheumatoid arthritis, and long-standing chronic suppurative otitis media. [8] Trueperella bernardiae has also been reported in a wound infection after laparoscopy[10] and in a prosthetic joint infection after total knee replacement. [4] To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first pediatric brain abscess with culture confirmed Trueperella bernardiae reported in the literature.…”

Successful Treatment of Olecranon Bursitis Caused byTrueperella bernardiae: Importance of Environmental Exposure and Pathogen Identification

“…Species identification of coryneform bacteria and susceptibility testing requires more sophisticated approaches. The organisms do not grow well on plated media leading to false-negative culture results [ 12 – 14 ], and Trueperella species are often confused with coryneform bacteria using biochemical methods alone [ 12 ]. In this case, the Vitek 2 identified the organism as Corynebacterium jeikeium , consistent with published data indicating a relatively significant degree of disagreement between MALDI-TOF and API (Remel) identification [ 13 ].…”