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C. freundii interactions with healthy people are normally regarded as non-pathogenic; nevertheless, once in the bloodstream, C. freundii can cause a life-threatening infection that can progress into sepsis. As a result, C. freundii belongs to a limited group of Gram-negative bacterial species that are frequently encountered in healthcare ...
The species C. amalonaticus, C. koseri, and C. freundii can use citrate as a sole carbon source. Citrobacter species are differentiated by their ability to convert tryptophan to indole (C. koseri is the only citrobacter to be commonly indole-positive), ferment lactose (C. koseri is a lactose fermentor), and use malonate.
Infections caused by C. koseri can lead to various symptoms, including fever, chills, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. In severe cases, the bacterium can cause sepsis, meningitis, or brain abscesses. Brain abscesses have a high rate of mortality and complications, particularly in neonates.
Citrobacter are peritrichous facultative anaerobic bacilli between 0.6–6 μm in length. [4] Citrobacter species inhabit intestinal flora without causing harm, but can lead to urinary tract infections, bacteremia, brain abscesses, pneumonia, intra abdominal sepsis, meningitis, and joint infections if they are given the opportunity. [4]
Sepsis Research says when the condition strikes, the immune system “overreacts” and begins to attack the infection and everything else around it “including the body’s own tissues and ...
That led to sepsis, the body’s life-threatening response to infection, and septic shock, a dangerous drop in blood pressure and the most severe stage of sepsis, according to the Sepsis Alliance ...
This is a shortened version of the first chapter of the ICD-9: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.It covers ICD codes 001 to 139.The full chapter can be found on pages 49 to 99 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
C. violaceum rarely infects humans, but when it does it causes skin lesions, sepsis, and liver abscesses that may be fatal. [7] The first reported case of Chromobacterium violaceum infection in humans in literature is from Malaysia in 1927. [1] Only 150 cases have been reported in literature since then. [8]