Sepsis with multiple abscesses caused by staphylococcus warneri: a case report

• Authors: Ivo Ivić , Jakica Karanović , Mirela Pavičić-Ivelja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus warneri is a rare cause of human disease, which as a rule manifests as an insidious and protracted infection of various prostheses and endovascular catheters. A case of Staphylococcus warneri sepsis with multiple abscesses in an immunocompetent patient free from the usual predisposing factors for coagulase-negative staphylococcal infection is presented. To our knowledge, this is the first case of sepsis with multiple abscesess caused by this bacterium reported in the literature.

Keywords

EN

Abscess; Staphylococcus warneri; Sepsis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 45-47

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2013

online

8 - 12 - 2012

Contributors

author

Ivo Ivić

• Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Split University Hospital and Split University School of Medicine, Šoltanska 1, Split, 21000, Croatia

author

Jakica Karanović

• Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, Split University Hospital and Split University School of Medicine, Spinčićeva 1, Split, 21000, Croatia

author

Mirela Pavičić-Ivelja

• Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Split University Hospital and Split University School of Medicine, Šoltanska 1, Split, 21000, Croatia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0066-0