First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Cupriavidus pauculus is an emerging organism causing infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We report a C.pauculus pneumonia case susceptible to cefepime in an infant with end-stage renal failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of C. pauculus causing respirato...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2017-02-01
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| author | Raghda Yahya Wafaa Alyousef Abdelwahab Omara Suha Alamoudi Alanoud Alshami Baha Abdalhamid |
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| description | Cupriavidus pauculus is an emerging organism causing infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We report a C.pauculus pneumonia case susceptible to cefepime in an infant with end-stage renal failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of C. pauculus causing respiratory infections in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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| spelling | doaj-art-56172b5c8e344d2e9a788e615c11fbd52025-08-20T03:48:47ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802017-02-01110210.3855/jidc.8349First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation CouncilRaghda Yahya0Wafaa Alyousef1Abdelwahab Omara2Suha Alamoudi3Alanoud Alshami4Baha Abdalhamid5King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCupriavidus pauculus is an emerging organism causing infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We report a C.pauculus pneumonia case susceptible to cefepime in an infant with end-stage renal failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of C. pauculus causing respiratory infections in the Gulf Cooperation Council. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8349Cupriavidus pauculusend-stage renal failurecefepimepneumoniaGulf Cooperation Council |
| spellingShingle | Raghda Yahya Wafaa Alyousef Abdelwahab Omara Suha Alamoudi Alanoud Alshami Baha Abdalhamid First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Cupriavidus pauculus end-stage renal failure cefepime pneumonia Gulf Cooperation Council |
| title | First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council |
| title_full | First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council |
| title_fullStr | First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council |
| title_full_unstemmed | First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council |
| title_short | First case of pneumonia caused by Cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the Gulf Cooperation Council |
| title_sort | first case of pneumonia caused by cupriavidus pauculus in an infant in the gulf cooperation council |
| topic | Cupriavidus pauculus end-stage renal failure cefepime pneumonia Gulf Cooperation Council |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8349 |
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