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First case of human infection due to Pseudomonas fulva, an environmental bacterium isolated from cerebrospinal fluid.

Almuzara, Marisa N; Vazquez, Miryam; Tanaka, Naoto; Turco, Marisa; Ramirez, Maria S; Lopez, Eduardo L; Pasteran, Fernando; Rapoport, Melina; Procopio, Adriana; Vay, Carlos A.

J Clin Microbiol ; 48(2): 660-4, 2010 Feb.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20032258

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We report the first case of human infection due to Pseudomonas fulva. P. fulva caused acute meningitis following the placement of a drainage system in a 2-year-old female. Additionally, the isolate displayed a VIM-2 carbapenemase in a class 1 integron context.

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Cerebrospinal Fluid/microbiology , Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis , Pseudomonas Infections/diagnosis , Pseudomonas/isolation & purification , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Child, Preschool , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry , DNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Female , Humans , Integrons , Meningitis, Bacterial/microbiology , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Molecular Sequence Data , Pseudomonas/classification , Pseudomonas/enzymology , Pseudomonas/genetics , Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , beta-Lactamases/genetics

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