Chryseobacterium Indologenes Pneumonitis in an Infant: A Case Report
Published: June 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/27237.10047
Parijat Das, Santosh Karade, Kanwaljit Kaur, Ravi Ramamurthy, Praveer Ranjan
1. Resident Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Command Hospital (SC) and Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Command Hospital (SC) and Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
4. Assistant Professor and Pediatric Cardiologist, Department of Pediatrics, Command Hospital (SC) and Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
5. Professor, Department of Pathology, Command Hospital (SC) and Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Santosh Karade,
Clinical Microbiologist, Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Southern Command Pune - 411040, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: majkarade@gmail.com
Chryseobacterium indologenes, a non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli distributed widely in nature, is an emerging nosocomial pathogen, inherently resistant to a wide range of antibiotics. There is limited number of C. indologenes infections reported from India. We report a case of C. indologenes associated pneumonia in a three-month-old infant with congenital heart disease. This case highlights the importance of prompt diagnostic workup and targeted antibiotic therapy for its effective management.
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