title: Muscular abscess caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: Cupriavidus gilardii is a rare cause of human infection. We report a muscular abscess on the right thigh caused by this organism in a renal transplant recipient, who had suffered a septic shock associated with an extensive cellulitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. The patient was successfully treated with surgical drainage and intravenous ciprofloxacin for 13 days. This is the first time that C. gilardii is isolated from a human abscess. C. gilardii should be considered as a cause of human infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Infection caused by this organism may be underdiagnosed because the identification is very difficult.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain. Electronic address: danielt@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tena
authors.affiliation: Sección de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Losa
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sáez-Nieto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D049921:Cupriavidus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D066027:Transplant Recipients
keywords: Cupriavidus gilardii; Cupriavidus species; Immunocompromised patient; Muscular abscess; Renal transplant