Sphingobacterium multivorum Bacteremia and Acute Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Sphingobacterium multivorum is a Gram-negative, nonfermentative bacillus that rarely causes disease in humans. In the medical literature, only a few cases of infections caused by this organism have been reported. Almost all the reported cases of this infection were associated with cond...

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Autores principales: Abro, Ali Hassan, Rahimi Shahmirzadi, Mohammad Reza, Jasim, Layal Mohammed, Badreddine, Samar, Al Deesi, Zulfa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144466
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.38750
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Sphingobacterium multivorum is a Gram-negative, nonfermentative bacillus that rarely causes disease in humans. In the medical literature, only a few cases of infections caused by this organism have been reported. Almost all the reported cases of this infection were associated with conditions that decrease immunity. CASE PRESENTATION: To the best of our knowledge, we are reporting the first case of bacteremia and acute meningitis caused by S. multivorum in a young immunocompetent adult.

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