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Rates of Cellulosimicrobium-associated infections have been hypothesised to rise in the future, due to rising numbers of immunocompromised patients in the community and increasing usage of foreign bodies such as prostheses and long-term catheters. Existing technical difficulties regarding misidentifying cultures as other species (often other coryneforms) may also play a significant role in the low number of documented cases, and this may change in the near future with diagnostic advancements such as whole genomic sequencing. Case Presentation: A 57-year-old immunocompetent Irish male presented with concomitant neck and lung masses. Notably, this was found to be directly following a recent dental procedure. During extensive investigations, Cellulosimicrobium was isolated from biopsied lung tissue using 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene-sequencing analysis. The patient was treated with long-term oral amoxicillin and safely discharged, with both masses showing measurable reductions in size on subsequent imaging. Conclusions: Should Cellulosimicrobium represent the causative pathological organism in this case, then we believe this to represent a potential novel documented presentation of the organism\u2019s pathogenesis in humans. 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