Turicella otitidis as an unusual agent causing a posterior auricular abscess

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Apr;39(4):1672-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1672-1673.2001.

Abstract

A posterior auricular abscess in a 3-year-old girl was confirmed to have been caused by an unusual organism, Turicella otitidis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Actinomycetales / classification
  • Actinomycetales / isolation & purification*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Ear, External*
  • Female
  • Humans