WANG-HUEI SHENGPO-REN HSUEHCHIEN-CHING HUNGCHI-TAI FANGSHAN-CHWEN CHANGKWEN-TAY LUH2021-05-262021-05-2620000929-6646https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/562585Bacteremia due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is rare; the most common presentation reported in the literature is endocarditis. We report a 32-year- old man with oropharyngeal cancer who developed aspiration pneumonia and E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia, and presented with fever, chills, dyspnea; and productive cough with purulent sputum. Despite treatment with amoxicillin/clavulanate and nutritional support for 9 days, he died of respiratory failure. He had no clinical evidence of endocarditis. He had no history of animal or occupational exposure, and might have been colonized with E. rhusiopathiae in the oral cavity, followed by aspiration pneumonia and bacteremia. A fatal outcome in a patient with bacteremia due to E. rhusiopathiae without endocarditis is rare.[SDGs]SDG3amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid; adult; article; aspiration pneumonia; bacteremia; case report; coughing; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; fatality; human; male; oropharynx cancer; respiratory failure; Adult; Bacteremia; Erysipelothrix; Erysipelothrix Infections; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Oropharyngeal Neoplasmsjournal article108703362-s2.0-0034096272