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2016 |
Month:
July
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Volume:
5 |
Issue:
3 |
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Chryseobacterium indologenes Bacteraemia in a Man with Oesophageal Cancer: A Case Report
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Correspondence
Tavleen Jaggi, Nidhi Saini, Jasm in Halim Huss ain, Poonam Loomba, Bibhabati Mishra,
Dr. Tavleen Jaggi,
405, Sunview Apartment, 67-A Saket, Meerut-250003,
Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: z.tavleen@gmail.com :
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Chryseobacterium indologenes is a rare pathogen of the humans and is normally found in the environment in soil, plants and foodstuffs. Infections caused by C. indologenes have been reported as a cause of serious infections in adult immune-compromised patients and in patients with indwelling catheters. We report a case of a 63-year-old man with oesophageal cancer who underwent surgery at our institute and developed C.indologenes bacteraemia almost a month after the operation. Our study reiterates the fact that severe underlying disease, long duration of broad-spectrum antibiotics and invasive devices can be risk factors for developing bacteraemia from novel pathogens such as C.indologenes.
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