Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia.
Cupriavidus gilardii is a Gram-negative bacterium that has rarely been associated with human infections. We report a fatal case of sepsis caused by C. gilardii in a previously healthy 12-year-old female.
Karafin
Matthew
M
Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-7093, USA.
Romagnoli
Mark
M
Fink
Doran L
DL
Howard
Tracy
T
Rau
Rachel
R
Milstone
Aaron M
AM
Carroll
Karen C
KC
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D049921:Cupriavidus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids