Severe Lung Infection and Septicemia Caused by Paludibacterium purpuratum—A Case Report and Evaluation of Bacterial Traits | Zendy

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Severe Lung Infection and Septicemia Caused by Paludibacterium purpuratum—A Case Report and Evaluation of Bacterial Traits

Author(s) -

Cong-Tat Cia,

JennWei Chen,

Shu-Li Su,

Pei-Fang Tsai,

Cing-Ying Shu,

WenChien Ko,

PoLin Chen

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab501

Subject(s) - medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogenic organism , lung infection , lung , intensive care medicine , biology

Paludibacterium species are gram stain–negative rods that are facultatively anaerobic; they have been isolated from wetland soil. Clinical infection caused by this genus is rarely reported. We report the case of an 84-year-old woman with chronic renal disease and hypertension who acquired P. purpuratum lung infection and septicemia in Southern Taiwan.

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