title: A rare bacteremia caused by Cedecea davisae in patient with chronic renal disease.
abstract: METHODS
  Female, 77.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bacteremia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chills • diarrhea • fever • nausea.
  
  
  METHODS
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  METHODS
  X-Ray • CBC • urine and blood cultur.
  
  
  METHODS
  Infectious diseases.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Rare disease.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Cedecea davisae is a gram negative, oxidase negative bacilli that include 5 species. In the medical literature there are very few reports that describe infections caused by different species of the Cedecea genus.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper we report a fourth case of bacteremia in a 77 year-old patient with a chronic renal disease that was successfully treated with ceftazidim and ciprofloxacin. Additionally, we present a review of all the reported infections that were caused by C. davisae.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Five cases (not including our report) of Cedecea bacteremia were reported so far. Cedecea infections and particularly C. davisae infections can be difficult to treat due to the antibiotic resistance of the bacterium. Therefore we propose to consider treating C. davisae bacteremia with a combined antibiotic treatment until getting laboratory results for antibiotic-sensitivity tests.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Poria Hospital, Lower Galilee, Israel.
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peretz
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simsolo
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brodsky
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakhoul
keywords: Cedecea davisae; bacteremia