Fulminant Sepsis Due to Granulibacter bethesdensis in a 4-Year-Old Boy With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease. Issue 12 (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mayer, Erick F.; Gialanella, Philip; Munjal, Iona; Cunningham-Rundles, Charlotte; Dara, Jasmeen
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 36:Issue 12(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Granulibacter bethesdensis -- chronic granulomatous disease; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001659
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Granulibacter bethesdensis is a Gram-negative bacillus described as a pathogen exclusively in patients with chronic granulomatous disease, a phagocytic disorder that impairs the ability to clear catalase-producing organisms. Granulibacter usually causes chronic and recurrent lymphadenopathies. We report the fatal case of a 4-year-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease, who presented with sepsis after a few days of abdominal pain and diarrhea.