Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia

We report the first case of community-acquired bacteremia with Burkholderia fungorum, a newly described member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. A 9-year-old girl sought treatment with septic arthritis in her right knee and ankle with soft tissue involvement. Commercial identification systems did...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. Peter Gerrits, Corné Klaassen, Tom Coenye, Peter Vandamme, Jacques F. Meis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/7/04-1290_article
id doaj-1935e30fd2c042309c36a484a59ddb18
record_format Article
spelling doaj-1935e30fd2c042309c36a484a59ddb182020-11-24T23:08:02ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-07-011171115111710.3201/eid1107.041290Burkholderia fungorum SepticemiaG. Peter GerritsCorné KlaassenTom CoenyePeter VandammeJacques F. MeisWe report the first case of community-acquired bacteremia with Burkholderia fungorum, a newly described member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. A 9-year-old girl sought treatment with septic arthritis in her right knee and ankle with soft tissue involvement. Commercial identification systems did not identify the causative microorganism.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/7/04-1290_articleKeywords: Burkholderia fungorumBurkholderia infectionsBurkholderia cepacia complexbacteremiainfectionthe Netherlands
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author G. Peter Gerrits
Corné Klaassen
Tom Coenye
Peter Vandamme
Jacques F. Meis
spellingShingle G. Peter Gerrits
Corné Klaassen
Tom Coenye
Peter Vandamme
Jacques F. Meis
Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Keywords: Burkholderia fungorum
Burkholderia infections
Burkholderia cepacia complex
bacteremia
infection
the Netherlands
author_facet G. Peter Gerrits
Corné Klaassen
Tom Coenye
Peter Vandamme
Jacques F. Meis
author_sort G. Peter Gerrits
title Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia
title_short Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia
title_full Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia
title_fullStr Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia
title_full_unstemmed Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia
title_sort burkholderia fungorum septicemia
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2005-07-01
description We report the first case of community-acquired bacteremia with Burkholderia fungorum, a newly described member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. A 9-year-old girl sought treatment with septic arthritis in her right knee and ankle with soft tissue involvement. Commercial identification systems did not identify the causative microorganism.
topic Keywords: Burkholderia fungorum
Burkholderia infections
Burkholderia cepacia complex
bacteremia
infection
the Netherlands
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/7/04-1290_article
work_keys_str_mv AT gpetergerrits burkholderiafungorumsepticemia
AT corneklaassen burkholderiafungorumsepticemia
AT tomcoenye burkholderiafungorumsepticemia
AT petervandamme burkholderiafungorumsepticemia
AT jacquesfmeis burkholderiafungorumsepticemia
_version_ 1725615707804139520