| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Primary foci of necrobacillosis infection outside the head and neck are uncommon but have been reported in the urogenital or gastrointestinal tracts. Reports of infection with <it>Solobacterium moorei </it>are rare.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 37-year-old male intravenous drug user was admitted with pain in his right groin, fever, rigors and vomiting following a recent injection into the right femoral vein. Admission blood cultures grew <it>Fusobacterium nucleatum, Solobacterium moorei </it>and <it>Bacteroides ureolyticus</it>. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous penicillin and metronidazole.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This case report describes an unusual case of femoral thrombophlebitis with septic pulmonary embolism associated with anaerobic organisms in a groin abscess. <it>Solobacterium moorei</it>, though rarely described, may also have clinically significant pathogenic potential.</p>
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