Chryseobacterium gleum pneumonia in an infant with nephrotic syndrome

Chryseobacterium gleum pneumonia in an infant with nephrotic syndrome

INTRODUCTION Chryseobacterium gleum is commonly distributed in the environment. It can cause a wide variety of infections in immunocompromised patients in hospital setting. CASE PRESENTATION A 6 month old infant with nephrotic syndrome was admitted to the emergency room for an acute onset of fever, difficulty breathing, cyanosis, and low oral intake. Cultures of endotracheal tube specimens we...

Chryseobacterium indologenes Septicemia in an Infant

Chryseobacterium indologenes is a rare cause of infection in children. The organism causes infections mostly in hospitalised patients with severe underlying diseases. The choice of an effective drug for the treatment of infections due to C. indologenes is difficult as the organism has a limited spectrum of antimicrobial sensitivity. We present a case of nosocomial septicemia caused by C. indolo...

Horner's syndrome in an infant with complicated pneumonia.

Chryseobacterium gleum infection in patient with extreme malnutrition and hepatic lesion – case report

Chrysobacterium gleum is a nonmotile, oxidase positive, non-fermentative unsporulate Gram-negative bacillus, bacteria belonging to the genus Chrysobacterium. Infections caused by Chrysobacterium spp are usually health care associated and the most frequent in immunocompromised patients and neonates. In this report we present a case of a 35-yearold female patient admitted to the hospital for extr...

Unusual course of nephrotic syndrome associated with atypical pneumonia.

A 28-year-old man presented in March 2000 with a 1-week history of increasing leg oedema. Surprisingly, he had also experienced an involuntary weight loss of 6 kg during the preceding weeks. There was no relevant medical past history. Physical examination revealed a slightly elevated blood pressure of 145u90 mmHg and marked pretibial oedema. As laboratory values included a proteinuria of 14.5 g...