title: First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
abstract: Cupriavidus pauculus is an emerging organism causing infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We report a C.pauculus pneumonia case susceptible to cefepime in an infant with end-stage renal failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of C. pauculus causing respiratory infections in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
authors.affiliation: King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Raghda.Yahya@kfsh.med.sa.
authors.forename: Raghda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yahya
authors.forename: Wafaa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Alyousef
authors.forename: Abdelwahab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omara
authors.forename: Suha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alamoudi
authors.forename: Alanoud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alshami
authors.forename: Baha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdalhamid
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077723:Cefepime; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D049921:Cupriavidus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D000077723:Cefepime