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Rare disease
Case report
Chryseobacterium spp-associated bacteraemia in a haemodialysis patient: a diagnostic challenge
  1. Muhammad Junaid Ahsan1,
  2. Soban Ahmad2,
  3. Azka Latif3 and
  4. Joseph Thilumala Reddy3
  1. 1 Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  2. 2 Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation Department of Medical Education, Doha, Qatar
  3. 3 Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center Bergan Mercy, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Joseph Thilumala Reddy; docjoe111{at}yahoo.com

Abstract

Chryseobacterium species are Gram-negative bacillus widely distributed in nature. It is a rare human pathogen that has been isolated from water systems and humid surfaces of the hospital environment. We report a rare case of Chryseobacterium bacteremia in an end-stage renal disease nursing home resident, that was diagnosed using multiplex PCR and was successfully treated with intravenous piperacillin–tazobactam combination.

  • Dialysis
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Infectious diseases

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-232000

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Concept and design: MJA, SA and AL. Data analysis and interpretation: MJA and AL. Drafting article: MJA, SA and AL. Critical revision of article: JTR. Approval of article: all authors.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.