() is a Gram-negative rod rarely isolated as an infective bacterium worldwide. The first cases of infections caused by this microorganism, such as pneumonia, soft tissue infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and meningitis, date back more than 40 years and are almost entirely in newborns and immunosuppressed hosts. Optimal antibiotic therapy for has not been well established in the literature. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in Colombia who had meningitis due to after a dental procedure. It is important to know about this microorganism that nowadays could be considered a potentially emerging pathogen in immunocompetent adults.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453059 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1559360 | DOI Listing |
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