[Sphingobacterium multivorum infection in a child with an extensive burn]

Rev Chilena Infectol. 2021 Jun;38(3):452-454. doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182021000300452.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Sphingobacterium multivorum is a non-fermentative gram-negative bacillus that rarely causes human infections. In the medical literature, the few reported cases of infections resulting from S. multivorum usually occurred in patients with an associated comorbidity. We present the first case report, according our knowledge, of a skin and soft tissue infection by S. multivorum infection in a pediatric patient after a burn injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Burns*
  • Child
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria
  • Humans
  • Sphingobacterium*

Supplementary concepts

  • Sphingobacterium multivorum