Severe Lung Infection and Septicemia Caused by Paludibacterium purpuratum-A Case Report and Evaluation of Bacterial Traits

Cong-Tat Cia; Jenn-Wei Chen; Shu-Li Su; Pei-Fang Tsai; Cing-Ying Shu; Wen-Chien Ko; Po Lin Chen

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab501

Severe Lung Infection and Septicemia Caused by Paludibacterium purpuratum-A Case Report and Evaluation of Bacterial Traits

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;8(11):ofab501. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab501. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Cong-Tat Cia^{1

2}, Jenn-Wei Chen³, Shu-Li Su¹, Pei-Fang Tsai⁴, Cing-Ying Shu³, Wen-Chien Ko^{1

2}, Po Lin Chen^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Infection Control Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.

Abstract

Paludibacterium species are gram stain-negative rods that are facultatively anaerobic; they have been isolated from wetland soil. Clinical infection caused by this genus is rarely reported. We report the case of an 84-year-old woman with chronic renal disease and hypertension who acquired P. purpuratum lung infection and septicemia in Southern Taiwan.

Keywords: Paludibacterium purpuratum; drug resistance; pneumonia; septicemia.