Bacteremia Secondary to Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacilli Transmitted From the Canine in a Patient With Multiple Myeloma

Venu Madhav Konala; Srikanth Naramala; Subhashish Bose; Vijay Gayam; Bhaskar Reddy Madhira; Sreedhar Adapa

doi:10.1177/2324709620969500

Bacteremia Secondary to Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacilli Transmitted From the Canine in a Patient With Multiple Myeloma

J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec:8:2324709620969500. doi: 10.1177/2324709620969500.

Authors

Venu Madhav Konala¹, Srikanth Naramala², Subhashish Bose³, Vijay Gayam⁴, Bhaskar Reddy Madhira⁵, Sreedhar Adapa⁶

Affiliations

¹ Ashland Bellefonte Cancer Center, Ashland, KY, USA.
² Adventist Medical Center, Hanford, CA, USA.
³ University of Virginia, Lynchburg, VA, USA.
⁴ Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
⁵ Sunny Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
⁶ The Nephrology Group, Fresno, CA, USA.

Abstract

Sphingobacterium multivorum is a gram-negative rod found in the environment and rarely associated with human infections. Sphingobacterium is the causative agent of infections in an immunocompromised host in most cases. We report a rare case of cellulitis in an immunocompromised host by Sphingobacterium multivorum.

Keywords: Sphingobacterium; Sphingobacterium multivorum; immunocompromised; multiple myeloma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Cellulitis / drug therapy
Cellulitis / microbiology*
Dogs / microbiology
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Multiple Myeloma / complications*
Sphingobacterium / isolation & purification*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

Sphingobacterium multivorum