Steroid and sphingomonas.

Ann Afr Med

Intern, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Science, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Published: October 2022

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is a Gram-negative bacteria identified as a rare infectious agent, more commonly seen among immune-compromised hosts. Infections include bacteremia, septicemia leading to septic shock, bone and soft-tissue infections such as septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, infection of shunts, and implantable devices. Although the organism has been reported to have low pathogenicity, infections in the immune compromised can be devastating leading to even death.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671177PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_120_21DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

steroid sphingomonas
4
sphingomonas sphingomonas
4
sphingomonas paucimobilis
4
paucimobilis gram-negative
4
gram-negative bacteria
4
bacteria identified
4
identified rare
4
rare infectious
4
infectious agent
4
agent commonly
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!