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Título: Fever of unknown origin in a young man
Autores/as: Gil Díaz, Aída 
Estevez-Dominguez, R.
Daryanani-Daryanani, R.
Gil-Reyes, J.
Monzon-Moreno, C.
Clasificación UNESCO: 32 Ciencias médicas
3205 Medicina interna
Palabras clave: Fever
Sphingomonas
Bacteraemia
Community-acquired infection
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Publicación seriada: Irish Journal of Medical Science 
Resumen: Introduction. Sphingomonas paucimobilisbacteraemia is arare infection typically related to nosocomial outbreaks. Material. A 33-year-old immunocompetent man requestedevaluation in the Internal Medicine Department for feverwithout source. His physical examination was normal. Laboratory analysis showed mild hypertransaminasemia. In bothblood culture sets grew Gram-negative bacilli, being identi-fied asS. paucimobilis. The patient was treated with orallevofloxacin with full recovery. Conclusion. S.paucimobilis infections can occur in the community setting in a relatively non-immunocompromised patient. In a patient with bacteraemia, microbiological studies are crucial to ensure a successful outcome.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/105960
ISSN: 1863-4362
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-014-1143-y
Fuente: Irish Journal of Medical Science [ISSN 1863-4362], v. 183 (3), (Mayo 2014)
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