<em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place
We present the case of a 75-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of an infected pressure ulcer. Cultures revealed that the responsible bacterium was Sphingobacterium multivorum, which was successfully eradicated with ciprofloxacin. Over the last few years, there have been reports of new cases...
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| author | Hadrian Pernas-Pardavila Aldara-María Vallejo-Alonso Ignacio Novo-Veleiro Daniel Navarro-de-la-Cruz Arturo Gonzalez-Quintela |
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| description | We present the case of a 75-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of an infected pressure ulcer. Cultures revealed that the responsible bacterium was Sphingobacterium multivorum, which was successfully eradicated with ciprofloxacin. Over the last few years, there have been reports of new cases of infection caused by bacteria previously not thought to be harmful to humans, like S. multivorum. Previous cases were reported mostly in immunosuppressed patients and the present report is, to our knowledge, the first describing a pressure ulcer infected by this bacterium. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f929925ec12492d84093b560c4ef3402022-12-21T19:05:11ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942019-09-0110.12890/2019_0012141214<em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical PlaceHadrian Pernas-Pardavila0Aldara-María Vallejo-Alonso1Ignacio Novo-Veleiro2Daniel Navarro-de-la-Cruz3Arturo Gonzalez-Quintela4Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, SpainDepartment of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, SpainDepartment of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, SpainDepartment of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, SpainDepartment of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, SpainWe present the case of a 75-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of an infected pressure ulcer. Cultures revealed that the responsible bacterium was Sphingobacterium multivorum, which was successfully eradicated with ciprofloxacin. Over the last few years, there have been reports of new cases of infection caused by bacteria previously not thought to be harmful to humans, like S. multivorum. Previous cases were reported mostly in immunosuppressed patients and the present report is, to our knowledge, the first describing a pressure ulcer infected by this bacterium.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1214Sphingobacterium multivorumpressure ulcer infectioncomorbidity |
| spellingShingle | Hadrian Pernas-Pardavila Aldara-María Vallejo-Alonso Ignacio Novo-Veleiro Daniel Navarro-de-la-Cruz Arturo Gonzalez-Quintela <em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine Sphingobacterium multivorum pressure ulcer infection comorbidity |
| title | <em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place |
| title_full | <em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place |
| title_fullStr | <em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place |
| title_full_unstemmed | <em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place |
| title_short | <em>Sphingobacterium multivorum</em>: An Atypical Bacterium in an Atypical Place |
| title_sort | em sphingobacterium multivorum em an atypical bacterium in an atypical place |
| topic | Sphingobacterium multivorum pressure ulcer infection comorbidity |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1214 |
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