Disseminated infection due to Blastobacter denitrificans following routine appendectomy in an adolescent.
Until now, Blastobacter denitrificans has not been mentioned in the context of human infections. A case of severe complication caused by B. denitrificans after routine appendectomy in a young girl is described and confirms this organism to be an opportunistic human pathogen.
Trotha
Rene
R
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Department of General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Otto von Guericke University, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Guenther
Gudrun
G
König
Wolfgang
W
König
Brigitte
B
D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*