Fulminant Sepsis Due to Granulibacter bethesdensis in a 4-Year-Old Boy With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Dec;36(12):1165-1166. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001659.

Abstract

Granulibacter bethesdensis is a Gram-negative bacillus described as a pathogen exclusively in patients with chronic granulomatous disease, a phagocytic disorder that impairs the ability to clear catalase-producing organisms. Granulibacter usually causes chronic and recurrent lymphadenopathies. We report the fatal case of a 4-year-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease, who presented with sepsis after a few days of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetobacteraceae*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections*
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic* / complications
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic* / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sepsis*