scholarly journals Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteraemia and septic arthritis in a diabetic patient presenting with septic pulmonary emboli

2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 1259-1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Ching Kuo ◽  
Po-Liang Lu ◽  
Wei-Ru Lin ◽  
Chun-Yu Lin ◽  
Yu-Wei Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Septic Arthritis ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Sphingomonas Paucimobilis ◽  
Pulmonary Emboli ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
First Case ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus ◽  
Immunocompromised Hosts

Sphingomonas paucimobilis, a yellow-pigmented, aerobic, glucose non-fermenting, Gram-negative bacillus, is a rare cause of human infection normally associated with immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of bacteraemia and septic arthritis in a 47-year-old diabetic man who presented with septic pulmonary emboli due to S. paucimobilis. The patient had an initial presentation of fever, right knee pain, coughing, dyspnoea and chest pain. The infection was treated successfully by surgical debridement combined with meropenem plus ciprofloxacin, based on the patient's antibiotic susceptibility profile. To our knowledge, this is the first case report for septic pulmonary emboli having arisen from an S. paucimobilis infection.

scholarly journals Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Kara Rognrud ◽  
Andrew M. Diaz ◽  
Collin Hill ◽  
Melissa A. Kershaw
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Medical History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bacterial Endocarditis ◽  
Sphingomonas Paucimobilis ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus

A 47-year-old male with no significant medical history was hospitalized for bacteremia and diagnosed with endocarditis. The organism isolated was a Gram-negative bacillus—Sphingomonas paucimobilis. There are only a few reported cases of endocarditis caused by S. paucimobilis, and to our knowledge, this is the first in the United States.

scholarly journals Bartonella henselae infection presenting as cervical spine osteomyelitis: case report

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Syed Hassan A. Akbari ◽  
Christine E. Averill ◽  
Jarod L. Roland ◽  
Rachel Orscheln ◽  
Jennifer Strahle
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Cervical Spine ◽  
Bartonella Henselae ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Neck Swelling ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
First Case ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus

Bartonella henselae is a gram-negative bacillus implicated in cat-scratch disease. Cat-scratch disease is usually self-limiting and results in local lymphadenopathy. In rare circumstances, patients may develop endocarditis, neuroretinitis, or osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis of the cervical spine is exceedingly rare, especially in the pediatric population, and to date there have been only 4 previously reported cases of cervical spine osteomyelitis caused by B. henselae, all of which were treated surgically. In this article, the authors report the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with neck swelling and was found to have a C2–4 paravertebral B. henselae abscess with osteomyelitis of C-3 and epidural extension. To the authors’ knowledge, this represents the first case in the literature of a cervical spine B. henselae infection managed conservatively.

scholarly journals Intraocular lipopolysaccharide examination for early diagnosis of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis: a case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 030006052092986
Author(s):  
Li Chen ◽  
Zhuo Zai Xu ◽  
Yong Tao
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Hand Motion ◽  
Bacterial Endophthalmitis ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus ◽  
Intraocular Fluid

This report describes the presence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification in a 66-year-old woman. The patient presented with ocular redness and pain, as well as hypopyon in the anterior chamber and reduction of visual acuity to hand motion. Intraocular fluid examination revealed a lipopolysaccharide level of >2.5, which suggested bacterial endophthalmitis. The patient was promptly treated with intravitreal ceftazidime 2 mg and vancomycin 1 mg, as well as intravenous infusion of cefuroxime 750 mg, all administered simultaneously at 12-hour intervals. She also received topical levofloxacin eyedrops, once per hour. Subsequently, pathology culture confirmed the presence of the Gram-negative bacillus, S. maltophilia. The presence of lipopolysaccharide in intraocular fluid is an important early indicator of bacterial endophthalmitis, which can provide guidance for clinical treatment.

scholarly journals Sacroiliitis and Septicemia Caused byCampylobacter rectusandActinomyces odontolyticus

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Harvey ◽  
Paul Bayardelle ◽  
Raymond Bélanger ◽  
Louise Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Rare Disease ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Oral Infections ◽  
Campylobacter Rectus ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
Pyogenic Sacroiliitis ◽  
First Case ◽  
Severe Periodontitis ◽  
Human Pathology ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus

Campylobacter rectus,formerly known asWolinella recta,is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus, generally recognized as an agent responsible for severe periodontitis; only two cases of extra-oral infections have been reported. The first case of septicemia withC rectusandActinomyces odontolyticusis described in a 37-year-old farmer who suffered from severe sacroiliitis. Also presented are a review ofC rectusin human pathology, and a brief review of pyogenic sacroiliitis, a rather rare disease.

scholarly journals Dokdonella KoreensisBacteremia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 255-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boeun Lee ◽  
Mitchell R Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Hematological Malignancy ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus

Dokdonella koreensisis a non-spore-forming, aerobic, Gram-negative bacillus that was initially isolated from soil. The pathogenicity of this organism in humans remains unclear. The authors report a case of successfully treatedD koreensisbacteremia in a patient with a hematological malignancy who presented with a fever and palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia.

Helcococcus kunzii, a skin-colonising microorganism with pathogenic capacity: a case of polymicrobial intracranial empyema

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. e244600
Author(s):  
Margarida Mouro ◽  
João Frade ◽  
Catarina Chaves ◽  
Jorge Velez
Keyword(s):  
Oral Route ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Gram Positive ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
The Third ◽  
Gram Staining ◽  
Intravenous Antibiotics ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus ◽  
History Of

Helcococcus kunzii is a Gram-positive anaerobic facultative coccus that colonises the skin. Human infection is rare, with very few cases being described in the literature. The authors present the case of a 17-year-old man, with a history of cholesteatoma, diagnosed with mastoiditis complicated by intracranial empyema. After urgent surgical drainage, Gram staining revealed a Gram-negative bacillus and a Gram-positive coccus. The latter exhibited fastidious growth, presented as small grey colonies in blood agar, and was afterwards identified as H. kunzii. The patient was started on intravenous antibiotics, switched to oral route after 8 weeks and fully recovered. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third case of an intracranial infection in which H. kunzii is involved, two of them occurring in patients with cholesteatoma.

First Case of CAPD-Related Peritonitis Caused byMorganella Morganii

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Atalay ◽  
I. Güney ◽  
Y. Solak ◽  
E. Almaz
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Female Patient ◽  
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Morganella Morganii ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
First Case ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus

Morganella morganii, a gram-negative bacillus, is a rare cause of peritonitis. In this article we report a 55-year-old female patient with peritonitis due to Morganella morganii who was receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

scholarly journals Multidrug-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae-induced sepsis with multiple abscesses: A case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Xiong ◽  
◽  
Jianrong Huang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Klebsiella Pneumoniae ◽  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Human Intestine ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Negative Bacillus ◽  
Gram Negative Bacillus

Klebsiella pneumoniae, a Gram-negative bacillus which exists widely in nature, is generally colonized in the human intestine and oral cavity and does not cause disease [1]. However, the emergence and global expansion of hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant clones of K. pneumoniae have been increasingly reported in community-acquired and nosocomial infections. Management of antimicrobial resistance in multi-drug-resistant-K. pneumoniae (MDR-KP) is a major challenge for clinicians [2]. The optimal treatment option for MDR-KP infections is still not well established, which brings huge challenges to clinical treatment [2].

scholarly journals Sphingomonas paucimobilis keratitis post cataract surgery: First case report from India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Acharya ◽  
Javed Hussain Farooqui ◽  
Hayden Spencer ◽  
Vinay Arora ◽  
Umang Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Cataract Surgery ◽  
Sphingomonas Paucimobilis ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Ophthalmic Manifestations ◽  
First Case ◽  
Surgery First ◽  
Patch Graft

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is a rare, aerobic Gram-negative soil bacillus rarely associated with intraocular infections. With only 3 cases of ophthalmic manifestations reported so far, we are presenting the fi rst case of S. Paucimobilis, causing keratitisafter cataract surgery, from India. The organism, which was resistant to initial medical treatment, eventually responded to a patch graft and the patient improved to a final visual acuity of 20/40.

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