A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient

Myroides odoratimimus is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen known to rarely cause a wide range of opportunistic infections in humans. We report a novel case of M. odoratimimus bacteremia in a paraplegic patient with an extensive medical history likely due to a tunneled dialysis catheter infectio...

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Autores principales: Chapman, Carter, Meeks, Barrett, Ung, Liam, Nichols, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38020519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3089837
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author Chapman, Carter
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description Myroides odoratimimus is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen known to rarely cause a wide range of opportunistic infections in humans. We report a novel case of M. odoratimimus bacteremia in a paraplegic patient with an extensive medical history likely due to a tunneled dialysis catheter infection that was successfully treated with levofloxacin.
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spelling pubmed-106572412023-11-11 A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient Chapman, Carter Meeks, Barrett Ung, Liam Nichols, Jacob Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Myroides odoratimimus is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen known to rarely cause a wide range of opportunistic infections in humans. We report a novel case of M. odoratimimus bacteremia in a paraplegic patient with an extensive medical history likely due to a tunneled dialysis catheter infection that was successfully treated with levofloxacin. Hindawi 2023-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10657241/ /pubmed/38020519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3089837 Text en Copyright © 2023 Carter Chapman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient
title A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient
title_full A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient
title_fullStr A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient
title_short A Case of Myroides odoratimimus Bacteremia due to a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter-Associated Infection in a Paraplegic Patient
title_sort case of myroides odoratimimus bacteremia due to a tunneled dialysis catheter-associated infection in a paraplegic patient
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38020519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3089837
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