Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia

Matthew Karafin; Mark Romagnoli; Doran L Fink; Tracy Howard; Rachel Rau; Aaron M Milstone; Karen C Carroll

doi:10.1128/JCM.01482-09

Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Mar;48(3):1005-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01482-09. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

Authors

Matthew Karafin¹, Mark Romagnoli, Doran L Fink, Tracy Howard, Rachel Rau, Aaron M Milstone, Karen C Carroll

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-7093, USA.

Abstract

Cupriavidus gilardii is a Gram-negative bacterium that has rarely been associated with human infections. We report a fatal case of sepsis caused by C. gilardii in a previously healthy 12-year-old female.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia, Aplastic / complications*
Child
Cupriavidus / chemistry
Cupriavidus / isolation & purification*
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Fatal Outcome
Fatty Acids / analysis
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Sepsis / diagnosis*
Sepsis / microbiology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Fatty Acids