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Case Report
Veillonella atypica bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient
1 Department of Medicine, Medical School of Lodz, Poland
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Indiana University, Fishers, Indiana, USA
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Article ID: 100018Z16MZ2025
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Maxwella OF, Karolina VB. Veillonella atypica bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient. J Case Rep Images Infect Dis 2025;8(2):5–7.ABSTRACT
Veillonella atypica is a gram-negative anaerobic coccus normally found in the human gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary tract. It rarely causes infection, and only a few cases have been reported. We describe a case of a 67-year-old immunocompetent male who developed V. atypica bacteremia. The diagnosis was confirmed through blood culture analysis, and the patient was initially treated with piperacillin-tazobactam and discharged on amoxicillin-clavulanate. Veillonella atypica is emerging as a clinically significant pathogen with increasing case reports highlighting its relevance in infectious disease.
Keywords: Bacteremia, Immunocompetent, Veillonella atypica, Veillonella treatment
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Author ContributionsOyintare Fakrogha Maxwella - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Viquez Beita Karolina - Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
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