Postoperative Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus Wound Infection, Switzerland

Abstract

Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus is a nonvirulent organism found in human and ruminant microbiota. However, P. thiaminolyticus can act as an opportunistic pathogen in humans. We describe a case of abdominal wall hematoma secondarily infected by P. thiaminolyticus. Our findings emphasize the risk for unusual Paenibacillus infections in otherwise healthy persons.

Keywords

• Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus
• MALDI-TOF
• matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
• wound infection
• bacteria
• antimicrobial resistance