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Septic shock caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia in a patient with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Author(s) -
AlAnazi K.A.,
Abu Jafar S.,
AlJasser A.M.,
AlShangeeti A.,
Chaudri N.A.,
Al Jurf M.D.,
AlMohareb F.I.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00262.x
Subject(s) - sphingomonas paucimobilis , medicine , septic shock , bacteremia , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , sepsis , transplantation , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , immunology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Abstract:Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic gram‐negative bacillus that causes a variety of infections in healthy as well as in immunocompromised individuals. The organism is usually susceptible to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, aminoglycosides, trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole, and carbapenems. However, resistance to penicillins and the first‐generation cephalosporins is commonly encountered. Reported here is a patient with acute myeloid leukemia who developed S. paucimobilis bacteremia complicated by septic shock just before receiving an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (SCT) at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh. The septic episode was successfully treated in the intensive care unit. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of septic shock caused by S . paucimobilis bacteremia in a hematopoietic SCT recipient.