A case of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica bacteremia in continental United States

INTRODUCTION: Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica has been associated with open wound infections, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and bacteremia. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 41 year old woman with history of congenital myelomeningocele, paraplegia and extensive decubitus ulcers that developed...

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Autores principales: Chavez, Jesus A., Alexander, Andrew J., Balada-Llasat, Joan M., Pancholi, Preeti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29568530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005134
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica has been associated with open wound infections, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and bacteremia. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 41 year old woman with history of congenital myelomeningocele, paraplegia and extensive decubitus ulcers that developed W. chitiniclastica bacteremia secondary to an infected ulcer. CONCLUSION: W. chitiniclastica is an emerging human pathogen that can be readily identified by MALDI-TOF or sequencing.

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