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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec;36(12):1165-1166.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001659.

Fulminant Sepsis Due to Granulibacter bethesdensis in a 4-Year-Old Boy With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Erick F Mayer  1 , Philip Gialanella, Iona Munjal, Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, Jasmeen Dara
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Case Reports

Fulminant Sepsis Due to Granulibacter bethesdensis in a 4-Year-Old Boy With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Erick F Mayer et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Granulibacter bethesdensis is a Gram-negative bacillus described as a pathogen exclusively in patients with chronic granulomatous disease, a phagocytic disorder that impairs the ability to clear catalase-producing organisms. Granulibacter usually causes chronic and recurrent lymphadenopathies. We report the fatal case of a 4-year-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease, who presented with sepsis after a few days of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

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