Suwantarat Nuntra, Adams La'Tonzia L, Romagnoli Mark, Carroll Karen C
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Aug;82(4):331-3. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.04.011. Epub 2015 May 1.
Herbaspirillum spp. are rare causes of human infections associated primarily with bacteremia in cancer patients. We report the first fatal case of bacteremia secondary to pneumonia caused by Herbaspirillum seropedicae in a 65-year-old man with end-stage renal disease and multiple myeloma.
草螺菌属是人类感染的罕见病因,主要与癌症患者的菌血症相关。我们报告了首例由栖稻草螺菌引起的肺炎继发菌血症导致的死亡病例,患者为一名65岁患有终末期肾病和多发性骨髓瘤的男性。