[Sphingobacterium multivorum infection in a child with an extensive burn].

Sphingobacterium multivorum is a non-fermentative gram-negative bacillus that rarely causes human infections. In the medical literature, the few reported cases of infections resulting from S. multivorum usually occurred in patients with an associated comorbidity.

Distribution of Burkholderia cepacia complex species isolated from industrial processes and contaminated products in Argentina.

Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) members have clinical relevance as opportunistic pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis and are responsible of numerous nosocomial infections. These closely related bacteria are also reported as frequent contaminants of industrial products. In this retrospective study, we use PCR and recA gene sequence analysis to identify at species level Bcc isolates recovered from massive consumption products and industrial processes in Argentina during the last 25 years.

[Osteo-articular infections by Kingella kingae in children in a highly complex pediatric hospital: epidemiology and associated factors].

Background: The epidemiology of osteoarticular infections (IOA) has changed in recent years. The incidence of Kingella kingae in Latin America is unknown.

Aims: To describe the epidemiology in patients with IOA in a children hospital.

Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Streptococcus pyogenes in invasive infections.

Invasive Streptococcus pyogenes diseases represent the most severe form of infection produced by this microorganism. Early diagnosis and treatment are important, due to its potential severity. Etiological confirmation of invasive infection is performed by culture, which takes between 18 and 48h.

[Bullous pneumonia secondary to Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, its clinical and radiological evolution].

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an opportunistic pathogen with a high mortality and an increasing incidence in the intensive care units. We present a 4-year-old patient with a history of atresia of the biliary tract and a liver transplant at 11 months of age, who was admitted for acute respiratory infection with hypoxemia. During the hospitalization, she required mechanical ventilation.