Chryseobacterium Indologenes causing Necrotizing Pneumonia in a patient with end stage renal disease: A case report.
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 11
Abstract
Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon emerging human pathogen usually because different forms of diseases in hospitalized immunocompromised patients. We report a case of young female patient with end stage renal (ESRD) disease developed severs necrotizing pneumonia because of C. indologenes. We conclude this is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case repot of necrotizing pneumonia due to C. indologenes, a rare disease agent with low pathogenicity but capable of causing severe illness especially in immunocompromised patients. Keywords: Chryseobacterium indologenes , human pathogen, end stage renal disease (ESRD).
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Hythum Mohamed, Adel Alothman, Henry Baffoe-Bonnie
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