From soil to blood: first human case of Sphingobacterium hotanense bacteraemia

Vesselina Kroumova; Antonella Rossati; Olivia Bargiacchi; Pietro Luigi Garavelli; Anna Camaggi; Simona Caroppo; Stefano Andreoni

From soil to blood: first human case of Sphingobacterium hotanense bacteraemia

Infez Med. 2017 Mar 1;25(1):75-76.

Authors

Vesselina Kroumova¹, Antonella Rossati², Olivia Bargiacchi², Pietro Luigi Garavelli², Anna Camaggi³, Simona Caroppo³, Stefano Andreoni³

Affiliations

¹ Infection Control Unit, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy.
² Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy.
³ Microbiology and Virology Department, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy.

PMID: 28353460

Abstract

This report describes a case of Sphingobacterium hotanense bacteraemia in a patient scratched by a rooster on the right arm. Diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features are discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of Sphingobacterium hotanense bacteremia reported in the medical literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Atrioventricular Block / therapy
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Chickens
Clavulanic Acid / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial
Risk Factors
Soil Microbiology*
Sphingobacterium / classification
Sphingobacterium / isolation & purification*
Sphingobacterium / pathogenicity*
Treatment Outcome
beta-Lactamase Inhibitors / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
Clavulanic Acid
Amoxicillin