Uncommon association: Pseudomonas luteola bacteremia in an immunocompetent individual with acute tonsillitis – A case report
Sirine Ahmad,
Ahmad J. Alzahrani,
Mohammed Alsaeed
Affiliations
Sirine Ahmad
Medicine Department, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad J. Alzahrani
College of Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Laboratory Department, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Alsaeed
Medicine Department, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Medicine Department, Infectious Diseases Division, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Alfaisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Correspondence to: Medicine Department, Infectious Disease Division, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, P.O. Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia.
Pseudomonas luteola, formerly known as Chryseomonas luteola, is an infrequently encountered aerobic gram-negative bacterium. While it has been identified as a potential human bacterial pathogen, its connection to specific clinical conditions remains limited. Here, we present an exceptional case of a 27-year-old immunocompetent man with acute tonsillitis, who developed P. luteola bacteremia. This unique correlation, not extensively documented in previous studies, sheds light on the potential pathogenicity of P. luteola in patients with acute tonsillitis.
