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An abdominal abscess with a hydroaeric level was discovered, associated with sigmoid adenocarcinoma and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Despite hospitalization in an ICU and the adaptation of antibiotic therapy, the patient died. Blood cultures were positive in the final stage of the disease (&gt;60 h). Identification of C. hongkongensis was performed using 16S rDNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses did not enable classification of these strains according to clinical outcome or the antibiotic sensitivity to treatment. In this case, bacteria were difficult to isolate and MALDI-TOF remained non-contributive. 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