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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/58066| Title: | Emerging pathogen Christensenella hongkongensis in Australia: case series and literature review. | Authors: | Goire N.;Sherry N.L.;Lacey J.A.;Potamis M.;Kong K.;Dreyer L.;Mahony A.A.;Korman T.M. | Monash Health Department(s): | Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Monash University - School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health |
Institution: | (Goire, Potamis, Dreyer) Microbiology Department, Australian Clinical Laboratories, Clayton, VIC, Australia (Goire, Korman) Monash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC, Australia (Sherry, Lacey) Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Sherry, Mahony) Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia (Kong, Mahony) Infectious Diseases Unit, Bendigo Hospital, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, VIC, Australia (Mahony) Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, VIC, Australia (Korman) Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia |
Issue Date: | 11-Apr-2026 | Copyright year: | 2026 | Publisher: | Academic Press | Place of publication: | United Kingdom | Publication information: | Anaerobe. 98(no pagination), 2026. Article Number: 103045. Date of Publication: 01 Jun 2026. | Journal: | Anaerobe | Abstract: | Newly renamed anaerobic bacterium Christensenella hongkongensis is an emerging pathogen associated with high mortality. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile and pathogenesis of C. hongkongensis are yet to be fully elucidated. Since its first description from Hong Kong and Canada in 2007, 20 Christensenella hongkongensis bloodstream infections (BSI) have been reported. We report the additional five cases of C. hongkongensis BSI from Australia and present their descriptive genomic epidemiology. We review the antimicrobial susceptibilities, clinical features and outcomes of cases of all C. hongkongensis BSI reported to date. C. hongkongensis BSI is associated with high mortality in patients with underlying gastro-intestinal tract malignancy and often isolated in the setting of polymicrobial bacteraemia.Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Ltd | DOI: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2026.103045 | PubMed URL: | 41935729 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/58066 | Type: | Article |
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