TY - JOUR
T1 - Sphingobacterium spiritivorum infection in a patient with end stage renal disease on haemodialysis
AU - Gupta, Amit
AU - Logan, Julie
AU - Elhag, Nada
AU - Almond, Mike
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Gupta et al.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Background: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum is a microorganism that is ubiquitously found in the environment. However, it is rarely isolated from human clinical specimens. There are few reports to date of Sphingobacterium spiritivorum causing disease in humans. Case report: We describe a case of Sphingobacterium spiritivorum infection in a patient on haemodialysis, which to our knowledge, has not been described before. Further testing revealed this strain was sensitive to multiple antimicrobials. Conclusion: Despite interrupted courses of several antibiotics, our patient clinically made a good recovery and continued to receive haemodialysis.
AB - Background: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum is a microorganism that is ubiquitously found in the environment. However, it is rarely isolated from human clinical specimens. There are few reports to date of Sphingobacterium spiritivorum causing disease in humans. Case report: We describe a case of Sphingobacterium spiritivorum infection in a patient on haemodialysis, which to our knowledge, has not been described before. Further testing revealed this strain was sensitive to multiple antimicrobials. Conclusion: Despite interrupted courses of several antibiotics, our patient clinically made a good recovery and continued to receive haemodialysis.
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U2 - 10.1186/s12941-016-0141-5
DO - 10.1186/s12941-016-0141-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 27090094
AN - SCOPUS:85007454254
SN - 1476-0711
VL - 15
JO - Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
JF - Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
IS - 1
M1 - 25
ER -
