A Case of Bacteremia Caused by Herbaspirillum huttiense in an Immunosuppressive Patient and Literature Review
The bacteria of the genus Herbaspirillum are gram-negative non-fermentative bacilli in the class of β-proteobacteria. Some promote the reproduction of many plants in nature through nitrogen fixation and phyto hormone production. Some species are proteobacteria, known as pathogens for plants such as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.floradergisi.org/managete/fu_folder/2021-01/220-226%20Nurullah%20Uzuner.pdf |
| Summary: | The bacteria of the genus Herbaspirillum are gram-negative non-fermentative bacilli in the class of β-proteobacteria. Some promote the reproduction of many plants in nature through nitrogen fixation and phyto hormone production. Some species are proteobacteria, known as pathogens for plants such as rice seedlings and sugar cane. Until recently, more than 10 species of Herbasprillums, known as endophytic, nonpatogenic bacteria for humans, have been described so far. Although the first isolation reports from human infection sites were made in the 1980s, parallel to the development of species identification methods, Herbasprillum species have been associated with infection and death especially in immunosuppressed individuals since 1996. There are case reports made sporadically in the literature. There is a case of H. huttiense reported from our country and this is an immunocompetent patient. This article presents the first immunosuppressed case of bacteraemia in our country followed by a diagnosis of acute myeloblastic leukemia in which H. huttiense is a factor. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-932X 1300-932X |