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Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic, yellow-pigmented, glucose non-fermenting, gram negative bacillus that is a rare cause of human infection found mostly in the immunocompromised and also in intravenous (IV) drug users. We report a case of a 31-year-old female with current IV drug use, who pres...

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Autores principales: Tang, Wesley, Das, Sulagna, Sarvepalli, Satish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8761659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35070718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01399
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description Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic, yellow-pigmented, glucose non-fermenting, gram negative bacillus that is a rare cause of human infection found mostly in the immunocompromised and also in intravenous (IV) drug users. We report a case of a 31-year-old female with current IV drug use, who presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with tricuspid valve endocarditis with S. paucimobilis bacteremia and pulmonary infarction of the right middle lobe. The patient initially presented with sharp right sided chest pain. She was treated with meropenem and levofloxacin based on the susceptibility profile. Our purpose is to highlight the treatment options and raise awareness of this uncommon organism. Even though Sphingomonas is considered to be of low-pathogenicity, it can be fatal if not treated properly and not diagnosed early.
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spelling pubmed-87616592022-01-20 Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use Tang, Wesley Das, Sulagna Sarvepalli, Satish IDCases Case Report Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic, yellow-pigmented, glucose non-fermenting, gram negative bacillus that is a rare cause of human infection found mostly in the immunocompromised and also in intravenous (IV) drug users. We report a case of a 31-year-old female with current IV drug use, who presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with tricuspid valve endocarditis with S. paucimobilis bacteremia and pulmonary infarction of the right middle lobe. The patient initially presented with sharp right sided chest pain. She was treated with meropenem and levofloxacin based on the susceptibility profile. Our purpose is to highlight the treatment options and raise awareness of this uncommon organism. Even though Sphingomonas is considered to be of low-pathogenicity, it can be fatal if not treated properly and not diagnosed early. Elsevier 2022-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8761659/ /pubmed/35070718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01399 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use
title_full Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use
title_fullStr Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use
title_full_unstemmed Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use
title_short Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use
title_sort sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with intravenous drug use
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8761659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35070718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01399
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