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Bacteremia Secondary to Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacilli Transmitted From the Canine in a Patient With Multiple Myeloma.

Venu Madhav KonalaSrikanth NaramalaSubhashish BoseVijay GayamBhaskar Reddy MadhiraSreedhar R Adapa
Published in: Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports (2021)
Sphingobacterium multivorum is a gram-negative rod found in the environment and rarely associated with human infections. Sphingobacterium is the causative agent of infections in an immunocompromised host in most cases. We report a rare case of cellulitis in an immunocompromised host by Sphingobacterium multivorum.
Keyphrases
  • gram negative
  • rare case
  • multidrug resistant
  • multiple myeloma
  • endothelial cells
  • respiratory failure
  • case report
  • intensive care unit