Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, subspecies denitrificans, is a gram-negative rod recently implicated as an emerging cause of infection in both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent populations. Few cases are reported in literature involving multiple body systems. Diagnosis depends on cultures of appropri...
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| author | Hesham Awadh Munthir Mansour Obadah Aqtash Yousef Shweihat |
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| description | Achromobacter xylosoxidans, subspecies denitrificans, is a gram-negative rod recently implicated as an emerging cause of infection in both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent populations. Few cases are reported in literature involving multiple body systems. Diagnosis depends on cultures of appropriate specimens, and management usually is by administration of appropriate antibiotics (usually agents with antipseudomonal activity). We report a rare case of pneumonia due to infection with this organism, in a patient with preexisting bronchiectasis secondary to chronic aspiration. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ace9bf9f970442eab7c75933e875f432025-02-03T01:20:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/39696823969682Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificansHesham Awadh0Munthir Mansour1Obadah Aqtash2Yousef Shweihat3Internal Medicine Department, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USAInternal Medicine Department, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USAInternal Medicine Department, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USAPulmonology Department, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington WV, USAAchromobacter xylosoxidans, subspecies denitrificans, is a gram-negative rod recently implicated as an emerging cause of infection in both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent populations. Few cases are reported in literature involving multiple body systems. Diagnosis depends on cultures of appropriate specimens, and management usually is by administration of appropriate antibiotics (usually agents with antipseudomonal activity). We report a rare case of pneumonia due to infection with this organism, in a patient with preexisting bronchiectasis secondary to chronic aspiration.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3969682 |
| spellingShingle | Hesham Awadh Munthir Mansour Obadah Aqtash Yousef Shweihat Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans |
| title_full | Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans |
| title_fullStr | Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans |
| title_short | Pneumonia due to a Rare Pathogen: Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies denitrificans |
| title_sort | pneumonia due to a rare pathogen achromobacter xylosoxidans subspecies denitrificans |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3969682 |
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