Investigating a Rare Streptococcus Thoraltensis Associated With Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: A Case Report
نویسندگان
1 Department of Anesthesia Techniques, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Al-Mustaqbal University, Babylon, Iraq.
2 College of Nursing, Al-Mustaqbal University, Babylon, Iraq.
3 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq.
4 Department of Anesthesia Techniques, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Al-Mustaqbal University, Babylon, Iraq.
5 Department of Ophthalmology, Najaf Teaching Hospital, Najaf, Iraq.
6 Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medical Technology, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq.
7 Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medical Technology, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq.
8 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jabir Ibn Hayyan Medical University, Najaf, Iraq.
9 Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq.
10 Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
11 Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Medical Technology, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq.
doi
10.32598/ijvm.18.specialissue.1چکیده
Streptococcus thoraltensis is mainly isolated from the distal part of the animal gastrointestinal tract. S. thoraltensis is an emerging non-fully elucidated pathogen in humans because of recurrent infections in individual cases, which varied between bacterial sepsis, mouth infection, and pneumonia. This bacterium is isolated for the first time in Iraq from a 45-year-old male patient in the intensive care unit presented in this article. The patient showed decreased levels of consciousness, a Glasgow coma scale, and gasping breathing. Based on published cases, this is the first reported case of S. thoraltensis bacteremia associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia.
