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

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.

SUBMITTER: Almuzara MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2815644 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature