Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock related to the uncommon gram-negative pathogen Sphingobacterium multivorum

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jan;50(1):202-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05151-11. Epub 2011 Nov 9.

Abstract

We report the first case of necrotizing fasciitis due to the uncommon Gram-negative pathogen Sphingobacterium multivorum in an immunocompromised patient, who presented with septic shock. This case adds necrotizing fasciitis to the spectrum of S. multivorum-related infections and highlights the emergence of Gram-negative bacteria in severe soft tissue infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / complications*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / diagnosis*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology
  • Sphingobacterium / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S