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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jul 2021
Case ReportsFlavonifractor plautii bloodstream infection in an asplenic patient with infectious colitis.
Flavonifractor plautii is a gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It belongs to the family of Clostridiales, is frequently found in the human gut microbiome and is rarely isolated in other human specimens. ⋯ Asplenia and a damaged intestinal wall might have favored the bloodstream infection. We found similarities in attributes of the affected patients and in treatment patterns between our case and the only three other published case reports.