Myiasis absent Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica bacteremia in a lung cancer patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: A gruesome infection was found in a woman with advanced lung tumor and associated malnutrition. Worldwide, bacteremia with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica was only found in 13 cases yet. CASE PRESENTATION: This is the first case in Austria and the first case without infestation of maggo...

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Autores principales: Dovjak, Peter, Kroißenbrunner, Michael, Iglseder, Bernhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8424402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34496947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-021-00576-w
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: A gruesome infection was found in a woman with advanced lung tumor and associated malnutrition. Worldwide, bacteremia with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica was only found in 13 cases yet. CASE PRESENTATION: This is the first case in Austria and the first case without infestation of maggots. CONCLUSIONS: This germ is an emerging human pathogen not only in patients with poor personal hygiene, difficult social circumstances, alcohol dependence or chronic wounds. It must be included in the differential diagnosis of immunocompromised patients with pneumonia.

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