Clinical case of Sphingomonas paucimobilis associated with hemospermia, a rare location of a poorly described infectious agent at Lumbulumbu Hospital Center, in Democratic Republic of Congo: a case report

Abstract

Sphingomonas paucimobilis, known in the past as Pseudomonas paucimobilis, is a strictly aerobic, non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli, producing a yellow pigment and having a single polar flagellum. It is an opportunistic germ, its clinical implication is often explained by the presence of immunosuppressive comorbidities, which would explain several possible clinical presentations. The hemospermia associated with S. paucimobilis is never described in the literature, here we describe the case of a 69-year-old patient in whom S. paucimobilis was identified in his semen after bacterial culture, who was treated with a successfully combination of ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime for 3 weeks with remission of hemospermia. this study would like to discuss about this atypical association, and to speculate on the possible role of S. paucimobilis in the occurrence of hemospermia with prostatic involvement, the explanations for which are not yet known.

Keywords

• sphingomonas paucimobilis
• hemospermia
• lumbulumbu hospital center