Pneumonia due to Ochrobactrum intermedium in an ICU patient

Georgios Meletis; Pinelopi Amoiridou; Paraskevi Mantzana; Ioanna Soultati; Efthymia Protonotariou; Lemonia Skoura

New Microbes and New Infections (Mar 2024)

Pneumonia due to Ochrobactrum intermedium in an ICU patient

Georgios Meletis,
Pinelopi Amoiridou,
Paraskevi Mantzana,
Ioanna Soultati,
Efthymia Protonotariou,
Lemonia Skoura

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Georgios Meletis: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; Corresponding author.
Pinelopi Amoiridou: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Paraskevi Mantzana: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ioanna Soultati: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Efthymia Protonotariou: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Lemonia Skoura: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 57
p. 101224

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Ochrobactrum intermedium is recognized as a rare emerging opportunistic pathogen mostly related with bloodstream infections. In this report, we describe the first clinical case of pneumonia due to O. intermedium. The case involved a 71-year old tetraplegic man hospitalized for vertebral fractures after falling from a ladder.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/new-microbes-and-new-infections/

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