A fatal case associated with Catabacter hongkongensis bacteremia in lung cancer patient: A case report
Valentin Mandin,
Stéphane Corvec,
Anne-Laure Chéné,
Aurélie Guillouzouic,
Stéphanie Dirou,
Jaafar Bennouna,
Pascale Bémer,
Elvire Pons-Tostivint
Affiliations
Valentin Mandin
Department of Respiratory Medicine, L′Institut du Thorax, Nantes University Hospital, 44000 Nantes, France
Stéphane Corvec
Université de Nantes, Service de Bactériologie et des Contrôles Microbiologiques, CHU Nantes, INSERM, INCIT UMR 1302 F- 44000 Nantes, France
Anne-Laure Chéné
Department of Respiratory Medicine, L′Institut du Thorax, Nantes University Hospital, 44000 Nantes, France
Aurélie Guillouzouic
Department of Bacteriology, University Hospital, Nantes University Hospital, 44000 Nantes, France
Stéphanie Dirou
Department of Respiratory Medicine, L′Institut du Thorax, Nantes University Hospital, 44000 Nantes, France
Jaafar Bennouna
Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital, Nantes University Hospital, 44000 Nantes, France; CRCINA, INSERM, Université de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France
Pascale Bémer
Department of Bacteriology, University Hospital, Nantes University Hospital, 44000 Nantes, France
Elvire Pons-Tostivint
Université de Nantes, Service d'oncologie médicale, CHU Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France; Correspondence to: Hôpital Laennec, CHU de Nantes, Boulevard Professeur Jacques Monod, 44800 Saint-Herblain, France.
Catabacter hongkongensis is a bacterium first isolated in 2007 and has since been detected in the blood of about fifteen patients with disease such as gastrointestinal malignancy, intestinal obstruction, or acute intestinal infection. We describe herein the case of a patient newly diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, who died from a fatal infection possibly related to Catabacter hongkongensis bacteremia. By reviewing all cases reported in the literature, our case report supports that this infection is associated with a very high mortality in cancer patients.
