Pulmonary Cavitary Lesion Caused by Co-infection of Brevundimonas species and Acinetobacter Johnsonii

Year 2021, Volume: 35 Issue: 2, 245 - 249, 30.08.2021

Goomaral Bayarsaikhan

Abstract

Pulmonary Cavitary Lesion Caused by Co-infection of Brevundimonas species and Acinetobacter Johnsonii

Abstract

Brevundimonas species are gram-negative, aerobic, and non-fermentative bacilli,
which is widespread in the soil and water, and rarely causes infections in human
beings. Most of the reported cases of Brevundimonas infection are
immunocompromised. However, the isolated Brevundimonas infections were
reported in immunocompetent patients too. The most frequent infections caused by
Brevundimonas species, were urinary tract infections, bacteremia, septicemia,
peritonitis. Lower respiratory infections are fairly rare than the aforementioned
infections. Brevundimonas species can also cause coinfection with other
microorganisms. Acinetobacter and Brevundimonas coinfection have previously been
reported in urinary tract infections but have never been reported in the lung. Here we
report an immunocompetent patient with a cavitary lesion in the lung, that was caused
by co-infection of Brevundimonas spp and Acinetobacter Johnsonii.

Keywords

Brevundimonas, pneumonia, drug therapy, gram negative, cavitar

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