Francisella philomiragia Bacteremia in a Patient with Acute Respiratory Insufficiency and Acute-on-Chronic Kidney Disease

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Dec;53(12):3947-50. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01762-15.

Abstract

Francisella philomiragia is a very uncommon pathogen of humans. Diseases caused by it are protean and have been reported largely in near-drowning victims and those with chronic granulomatous disease. We present a case of F. philomiragia pneumonia with peripheral edema and bacteremia in a renal transplant patient and review the diverse reports of F. philomiragia infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / complications
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacteremia / pathology
  • Female
  • Francisella / isolation & purification*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / complications
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / pathology
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / complications*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / complications*