Abstract
A man in his 50s with neutropenic fever and multifocal lung opacities was diagnosed with a viral pneumonia. A small number of bacteria grown from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid collected during a repeat bronchoscopy were initially identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa by VITEK-2 and mass spectrometry platforms. Whole-genome sequencing, however, subsequently demonstrated that the bacteria were Pseudomonas nitroreducens, representing the first known case of P. nitroreducens cultured from human lungs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | e241327 |
| Journal | BMJ case reports |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 24 2021 |
Funding
Funding This study was funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (grant numbers: K24 AI104831, R01 AI118257, R21 AI153953 and U19 AI135964). Competing interests RW, EO and AH report a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the conduct of the study; U19 AI135964. AH reports grants from the National Institutes of Health during the conduct of the study; R01 AI118257, R21 AI153953 and K24 AI104831.
Keywords
- infectious diseases
- pneumonia (infectious disease)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
