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Case Reports
. 2010 Feb;48(2):660-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01849-09. Epub 2009 Dec 23.

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

Marisa N Almuzara  1 , Miryam Vazquez, Naoto Tanaka, Marisa Turco, Maria S Ramirez, Eduardo L Lopez, Fernando Pasteran, Melina Rapoport, Adriana Procopio, Carlos A Vay
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First case of human infection due to Pseudomonas fulva, an environmental bacterium isolated from cerebrospinal fluid

Marisa N Almuzara et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Feb.

Abstract

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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