TY - JOUR AU - Madan, Nikhil AU - Marin, Diego AU - Mody, Mohit AU - Patel, Pratik PY - 2022/01/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Tissierella Praeacuta Bacteremia Secondary to Infected Pseudoarthosis JF - Journal of Medical Case Reports and Reviews JA - Journal of Medical Case Reports and Reviews VL - 4 IS - 10 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://jmcrr.info/index.php/jmcrr/article/view/34 SP - AB - <div>The</div><div>gram negative rod shaped bacterium Tissierella praeacuta is rarely</div><div>reported in the medical literature, with only a handful of case reports</div><div>seen on literature search. We present here a case report of a middle</div><div>aged female with a complicated hospital course after right hip fracture</div><div>with subsequent right hip open reduction, internal fixation procedure.</div><div>Mostnotably,thepatienthadrecurrentfeversdespitemultipleantibiotic</div><div>regimenswhichwereoriginallythoughttobeduetopneumonia.Blood</div><div>cultures isolated T. praeacuta in this patient with the most likely source</div><div>being her right pseudarthrosis, which has been associated with the</div><div>organism in previous reports. Our patient was successfully managed</div><div>with a regimen of piperacillin-tazobactam</div> ER -