First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia
Empedobacter falsenii, formerly known as Wautersiella falsenii, was first described in 2006. It is a non-motile, non-fermenting, gram-negative rod, which grows aerobically. A handful of case reports have described its isolation from respiratory, urinary and abscess samples. Besides clinical specimen...
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| author | Vince Martinez Maria Angela Matabang Dwayvania Miller Richa Aggarwal Alexander LaFortune |
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| description | Empedobacter falsenii, formerly known as Wautersiella falsenii, was first described in 2006. It is a non-motile, non-fermenting, gram-negative rod, which grows aerobically. A handful of case reports have described its isolation from respiratory, urinary and abscess samples. Besides clinical specimens, it has also been isolated from metalworking fluids and aerosols, carpet surfaces and polluted soils. However, to our knowledge, this is the first case report that describes bacteremia from Empedobacter falsenii. We present a 56-year-old male with liver cirrhosis, congestive heart failure and substance abuse disorder, who was admitted in a community hospital in the Bronx, New York for bacteremia of the said organism. This bacterium may serve as a reservoir for resistance genes, such as ERB, tetX and aadS, posing dangers to immunocompromised or hospitalized patients, highlighting the need to study this organism further. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d2511450d76d49a8919f25214637b4d12023-09-06T04:51:09ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092023-01-0133e01814First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremiaVince Martinez0Maria Angela Matabang1Dwayvania Miller2Richa Aggarwal3Alexander LaFortune4Corresponding author.; Department of Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx, New York, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx, New York, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx, New York, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx, New York, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx, New York, United StatesEmpedobacter falsenii, formerly known as Wautersiella falsenii, was first described in 2006. It is a non-motile, non-fermenting, gram-negative rod, which grows aerobically. A handful of case reports have described its isolation from respiratory, urinary and abscess samples. Besides clinical specimens, it has also been isolated from metalworking fluids and aerosols, carpet surfaces and polluted soils. However, to our knowledge, this is the first case report that describes bacteremia from Empedobacter falsenii. We present a 56-year-old male with liver cirrhosis, congestive heart failure and substance abuse disorder, who was admitted in a community hospital in the Bronx, New York for bacteremia of the said organism. This bacterium may serve as a reservoir for resistance genes, such as ERB, tetX and aadS, posing dangers to immunocompromised or hospitalized patients, highlighting the need to study this organism further.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250923001385EmpedobacterWautersiellafalseniiBacteremiaSepsisOpportunistic |
| spellingShingle | Vince Martinez Maria Angela Matabang Dwayvania Miller Richa Aggarwal Alexander LaFortune First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia IDCases Empedobacter Wautersiella falsenii Bacteremia Sepsis Opportunistic |
| title | First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia |
| title_full | First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia |
| title_fullStr | First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia |
| title_full_unstemmed | First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia |
| title_short | First case report on Empedobacter falsenii bacteremia |
| title_sort | first case report on empedobacter falsenii bacteremia |
| topic | Empedobacter Wautersiella falsenii Bacteremia Sepsis Opportunistic |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250923001385 |
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