First report of biliary tract infection caused by multidrug-resistant Serratia fonticola

P D Hai; L T V Hoa; N H Tot; L L Phuong; V V Quang; B T Thuyet; P N Son

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100692

First report of biliary tract infection caused by multidrug-resistant Serratia fonticola

New Microbes New Infect. 2020 May 14:36:100692. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100692. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

P D Hai¹, L T V Hoa², N H Tot¹, L L Phuong¹, V V Quang³, B T Thuyet⁴, P N Son⁵

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, 108 Military Central Hospital, Viet Nam.
² Intensive Care Unit, Tam Anh Hospital, Viet Nam.
³ Department of Hepato-Biliary & Pancreas Surgery, 108 Military Central Hospital, Viet Nam.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, 108 Military Central Hospital, Viet Nam.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, 108 Military Central Hospital, Viet Nam.

Abstract

Serratia fonticola is widely distributed in nature and a rare human pathogen. We report the first Case of biliary tract infection due to multidrug-resistant Serratia fonticola in a 78-year-old woman in Vietnam. Bile culture grew S. fonticola. Based on the antibiogram, S. fonticola is resistant to all antibiotic classes. The patient developed septic shock and died.

Keywords: Biliary tract infection; Serratia fonticola; emerging pathogen; multidrug resistance; septic shock.