TABLE 1.

Characteristics of four different cases of C. rectus abscess infections

Case	Site of infection	Organisms recovered	Age of patient (yr)	Underlying disease or risk	Treatment
1a	Chest wall abscess	C. rectus and Actinomyces viscosus	62	No significant past medical history; poor oral hygiene; patient drank several cans of beer a day	Drainage, penicillin
2b	Breast abscess	C. rectus and non-group A beta-hemolytic streptococci	32	Lymphoma, leucopenia, nipple piercing	Drainage, vancomycin, clindamycin, aztreonam
3c	Vertebral abscess	C. rectus, an Actinomyces species, and Eubacterium brachy	24	Meningoradiculitis	Hemilaminectomy, clindamycin
4d	Buccal-mucosa abscess	C. rectus and alpha-hemolytic streptococci	66	Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, long history of cigarette smoking	Drainage, amoxicillin-clavulanate

^aSee reference 13.

^bSee reference 6.

^cSee reference 4.

^dCurrent study.