A Patient with Fatal Septicemia Caused by a Rare Pathogen Dermabacter Hominis

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Dermabacter hominis (D. hominis) is a recently discovered gram-positive bacterial species, and it is usually recognized as an opportunistic human pathogen. Very few documented cases of severe infections caused by Dermabacter hominis have been published. In this report, we describe a case of fatal septicemia caused by Dermabacter hominis. © 2011 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases.

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Dermabacter hominis; Septicemia; adult; antibiotic therapy; article; bacillus (rod shaped bacterium); bacterium detection; brain hypoxia; case report; comatose patient; computer assisted tomography; Dermabacter hominis; disease course; electroencephalography; fatality; fever; Haemophilus influenzae; heart arrest; human; hydrocephalus; lung congestion; male; nonhuman; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; seizure; septic shock; septicemia; sputum culture; thorax radiography
제목
A Patient with Fatal Septicemia Caused by a Rare Pathogen Dermabacter Hominis
저자
Lee Hye-Jin; Cho Chi-Hyun; Kwon Min-Jung; Nam Myung-Hyun; Lee Kap-No; Lee Chang-Kyu
DOI
10.3947/ic.2011.43.1.86
발행일
2011-02
유형
Article
저널명
Infection and Chemotherapy
권
43
호
1
페이지
86 ~ 88