title: Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock related to the uncommon gram-negative pathogen Sphingobacterium multivorum.
abstract: We report the first case of necrotizing fasciitis due to the uncommon Gram-negative pathogen Sphingobacterium multivorum in an immunocompromised patient, who presented with septic shock. This case adds necrotizing fasciitis to the spectrum of S. multivorum-related infections and highlights the emergence of Gram-negative bacteria in severe soft tissue infections.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France. david.grimaldi@cch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doloy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fichet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zuber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wajsfisz
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poyart
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pène
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D045249:Sphingobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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