Sepsis caused by Eggerthelle lenta: a case report / 世界急诊医学杂志（英文）

ABSTRACT

@#Eggerthelle lenta (E. lenta) is a gram-positive non-spore-bearing anaerobic bacilli that was first isolated from human feces by Arnold Eggerth in 1935.[1] It is classified as an anaerobic eubacterium that cannot decompose glucose and tryptophan[2] but can synthesize different kinds of steroid metabolism enzymes.[3] On the basis of the high content of guanine + cytosine detected by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, its original name Eubacterium lentum was changed to E. lenta and concurrently transferred to its own distinct genus Eggerthella.[4]E. lenta often exists in the gastrointestinal tract.[5] Previous reports on E. lenta-induced sepsis were rare. Herein, we present a case of E. lenta-induced sepsis with abdominal pain as the main symptom.