Multiple Drug-Resistant CLABSI from an Extremely Rare Bacterium, Chryseobacterium gleum
Joint Authors
Chaucer, Benjamin
Anson, David
Norton, Joseph
Bansal, Saurabh
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-08-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chryseobacterium gleum is a lactose nonfermenting Gram-negative bacillus (NFGNB) found in soil, plants, and some water sources but rarely implicated as a human pathogen.
Its scarcity in the medical literature and resistance to numerous broad-spectrum antibiotics such as carbapenems, cephalosporins, and beta-lactam/lactamase inhibitors pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
We present the first reported case, to the best of our knowledge, of sepsis from central line-associated blood stream infection from Chryseobacterium gleum in the United States.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Anson, David& Chaucer, Benjamin& Norton, Joseph& Bansal, Saurabh. 2020. Multiple Drug-Resistant CLABSI from an Extremely Rare Bacterium, Chryseobacterium gleum. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148116
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Anson, David…[et al.]. Multiple Drug-Resistant CLABSI from an Extremely Rare Bacterium, Chryseobacterium gleum. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148116
American Medical Association (AMA)
Anson, David& Chaucer, Benjamin& Norton, Joseph& Bansal, Saurabh. Multiple Drug-Resistant CLABSI from an Extremely Rare Bacterium, Chryseobacterium gleum. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148116
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1148116