Prevalence of Actinotignum schaalii in patients with urinary tract infections combined with leukocyturia and inconclusive bacteriological results

摘要

Purpose: Actinotignum schaalii (formerly Actinobaculum schaalii) is a Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, slowly growing, coccoid rod bacterium. A.schaalii specific PCR analyses made it possible to verify this facultative pathogen more easier and faster in human samples like urine. Several cases of severe infections such as urosepsis, endocarditis spondylodiscitis and cellulities have been described in the literature recently. Based on these findings, there is a need for further research concerning the prevalence of A.schaalii causing urinary tract infection.