Farheen Saboor, Faridah Amin, Sabeen Nadeem.
Community acquired Sphingomonas paucimobilis in a child - A rare case.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;68(11):1714-5.

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is a rare organism that usually infects immunocompromised patients and is known to cause nosocomial infections from mild to severe pathogenicity. Recently a few community acquired infections have been identified in relatively healthy adult patients with diabetes and alcoholics. We report a case of a 10 years old previously healthy child who presented with fever for a month and was found to have a positive blood cu lt ure for Sphi ngomon as pauc imobil is.

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