First report of bloodstream infection caused by Pseudomonas fulva

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Authors: Yoonmi Seok ; Heebong Shin ; Yangsoon Lee ; Injoo Cho ; Sungwon Na ; Dongeun Yong ; Seok Hoon Jeong ; Kyungwon Lee

MeSH: Amputation ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Bacteremia/diagnosis ; Bacteremia/drug therapy ; Bacteremia/microbiology* ; Genes, Bacterial ; Humans ; Leg Injuries ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phylogeny ; Pseudomonas/genetics ; Pseudomonas/isolation & purification* ; PseudomonasInfections/diagnosis ; PseudomonasInfections/drug therapy ; PseudomonasInfections/microbiology* ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics ; Sequence Analysis, DNA

Abstract: Pseudomonas fulva has not yet been isolated from humans as a pathogen. Herein, we report the first case of P. fulva bacteremia in a patient hospitalized due to trauma. The species was identified using biochemical and molecular genetic analyses of the 16S rRNA, gyrB, rpoB, and rpoD genes.