Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases
Tatumella ptyseos is the type species of the Tatumella genus (Enterobacteriaceae). This fermentative Gram-negative rod has only rarely been reported as a cause of human infections; there is very little information about it in the medical literature. We report here the first two Brazilian cases of T....
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| author | Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Costa Juliana Monteiro de Castro Mendes Geyza Machado Ribeiro |
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| description | Tatumella ptyseos is the type species of the Tatumella genus (Enterobacteriaceae). This fermentative Gram-negative rod has only rarely been reported as a cause of human infections; there is very little information about it in the medical literature. We report here the first two Brazilian cases of T. ptyseos infections, both evolving to severe sepsis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f4e54503dcb459ab82b191d90a9f9e72022-12-22T01:31:56ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439112544244310.1590/S1413-86702008000500017S1413-86702008000500017Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian casesPaulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Costa0Juliana Monteiro de Castro Mendes1Geyza Machado Ribeiro2Suprema Medical SchoolSuprema Medical SchoolSuprema Medical SchoolTatumella ptyseos is the type species of the Tatumella genus (Enterobacteriaceae). This fermentative Gram-negative rod has only rarely been reported as a cause of human infections; there is very little information about it in the medical literature. We report here the first two Brazilian cases of T. ptyseos infections, both evolving to severe sepsis.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500017&lng=en&tlng=enTatumella ptyseossepsisBrazil |
| spellingShingle | Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Costa Juliana Monteiro de Castro Mendes Geyza Machado Ribeiro Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Tatumella ptyseos sepsis Brazil |
| title | Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases |
| title_full | Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases |
| title_fullStr | Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases |
| title_short | Tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection: report of the first two Brazilian cases |
| title_sort | tatumella ptyseos causing severe human infection report of the first two brazilian cases |
| topic | Tatumella ptyseos sepsis Brazil |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500017&lng=en&tlng=en |
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