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E lizabethkingia species sepsis after lung transplantation: case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Ramanan P.,
Razonable R.R.
Publication year - 2013
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/tid.12146
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , outbreak , lung , lung transplantation , intensive care medicine , transplantation , immunology , pathology
E lizabethkingia species are environmental bacteria that rarely cause infection in neonates and immunocompromised adults, usually as part of nosocomial outbreaks. We report an isolated fatal case of disseminated E lizabethkingia species infection in a lung transplant recipient and review the literature of this bacterial infection in transplant recipients.