title: Severe sepsis due to Chryseobacterium indologenes in an immunocompetent adventure traveler.
abstract: Chryseobacterium indologenes is an environmental organism which is usually an opportunistic pathogen, most usually associated with nosocomial or device-related infections. This case, affecting a fit and well adventure traveler, demonstrates that it may be an agent of severe sepsis in otherwise healthy humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia genevieve.mckew@sswahs.nsw.gov.au.
authors.forename: Genevieve
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-9260
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McKew
mesh_terms: D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013177:Sports