Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient
Human infection caused by bacteria of the Edwardsiella genus is rare and most often presents with gastroenteritis that rarely requires antibiotics. Our case report describes a medically complex patient with chronic steroid use contributing to an immunocompromised state, who presented with fever and...
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| description | Human infection caused by bacteria of the Edwardsiella genus is rare and most often presents with gastroenteritis that rarely requires antibiotics. Our case report describes a medically complex patient with chronic steroid use contributing to an immunocompromised state, who presented with fever and abdominal pain. The patient was later found to have Edwardsiella tarda (E. tarda) bacteremia and underwent paracentesis confirming E. tarda bacterial peritonitis requiring a prolonged antibiotic course. This case report aims to illustrate the presentation, diagnosis, and management of an uncommon infection that can have severe complications especially among immunocompromised patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b5e0a7fc4b943e9b9d4221a0e5ef2352023-11-20T04:40:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology2235-29882023-11-011310.3389/fcimb.2023.12927681292768Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patientLucia An0June L. Chan1Margaret Nguyen2Shangxin Yang3Jaime G. Deville4University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Mattel Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Mattel Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Mattel Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHuman infection caused by bacteria of the Edwardsiella genus is rare and most often presents with gastroenteritis that rarely requires antibiotics. Our case report describes a medically complex patient with chronic steroid use contributing to an immunocompromised state, who presented with fever and abdominal pain. The patient was later found to have Edwardsiella tarda (E. tarda) bacteremia and underwent paracentesis confirming E. tarda bacterial peritonitis requiring a prolonged antibiotic course. This case report aims to illustrate the presentation, diagnosis, and management of an uncommon infection that can have severe complications especially among immunocompromised patients.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1292768/fullEdwardsiella tardacase reportimmunocompromisedspontaneous bacterial peritonitisdisseminated infection |
| spellingShingle | Lucia An June L. Chan Margaret Nguyen Shangxin Yang Jaime G. Deville Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Edwardsiella tarda case report immunocompromised spontaneous bacterial peritonitis disseminated infection |
| title | Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient |
| title_full | Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient |
| title_fullStr | Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient |
| title_short | Case Report: Disseminated Edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient |
| title_sort | case report disseminated edwardsiella tarda infection in an immunocompromised patient |
| topic | Edwardsiella tarda case report immunocompromised spontaneous bacterial peritonitis disseminated infection |
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