Sphingobacterium multivorum: case report and literature review

We describe the case of a 67-year-old African American woman with multiple medical problems who presented with septic shock resulting from Sphingobacterium multivorum bacteraemia. S. multivorum, a Gram-negative bacillus, is ubiquitous in nature and is rarely involved in human infections. However, it...

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Autores principales: Barahona, F., Slim, J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.04.006
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description We describe the case of a 67-year-old African American woman with multiple medical problems who presented with septic shock resulting from Sphingobacterium multivorum bacteraemia. S. multivorum, a Gram-negative bacillus, is ubiquitous in nature and is rarely involved in human infections. However, it is intrinsically resistant to many commonly administered antibiotics and can be a life-threatening microorganism.
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spelling pubmed-45014342015-08-01 Sphingobacterium multivorum: case report and literature review Barahona, F. Slim, J. New Microbes New Infect Original Article We describe the case of a 67-year-old African American woman with multiple medical problems who presented with septic shock resulting from Sphingobacterium multivorum bacteraemia. S. multivorum, a Gram-negative bacillus, is ubiquitous in nature and is rarely involved in human infections. However, it is intrinsically resistant to many commonly administered antibiotics and can be a life-threatening microorganism. Elsevier 2015-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4501434/ /pubmed/26236492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.04.006 Text en © 2015 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
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title_short Sphingobacterium multivorum: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501434/
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