Pseudomonas putrefaciens and group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus septicemia

Arch Intern Med. 1980 Nov;140(11):1533-4.

Abstract

Pseudomonas putrefaciens was isolated twice in blood cultures from which group A beta-hemolytic streptococci were concurrently isolated from a moribund woman. Only once previously has P putrefaciens bacteremia been reported. To our knowledge, we are reporting the first blood isolate of P putrefaciens, albeit with group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, associated with fatal septicemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pseudomonas Infections*
  • Sepsis / etiology*
  • Streptococcal Infections*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes