Cellulitis Complicated with Bacteremia Due to Sphingobacterium Species: A Report of Two Cases and a Literature Review

Sphingobacterium species rarely cause human infection. We herein report two cases of cellulitis complicated with bacteremia due to this genus. The patients, both in their 70s and receiving corticosteroid therapy for their underlying diseases, had antecedent skin injuries in their affected limbs. The...

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Autores principales: Nemoto, Daisuke, Hitomi, Shigemi, Moriyama, Yoshihiro, Iwamoto, Kazuyo, Saito, Kazuhito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31118372
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2178-18
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Sumario:Sphingobacterium species rarely cause human infection. We herein report two cases of cellulitis complicated with bacteremia due to this genus. The patients, both in their 70s and receiving corticosteroid therapy for their underlying diseases, had antecedent skin injuries in their affected limbs. The patients' symptoms improved promptly and completely with the administration of cefazolin, which did not inhibit the growth of isolated organisms at a concentration of 4 μg/mL.

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