Pseudomonas putrefaciens and group a beta-hemolytic streptococcus septicemia
Eschete, M.L.; Williams, F.; West, B.C.
Archives of Internal Medicine 140(11): 1533-1534
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9926 PMID: 7002085 Document Number: 162972
Pseudomonas putrefaciens was isolated twice in blood cultures from which group A beta-hemolytic streptococci were concurrently isolated from a moribund woman. Only once previously has P putrefaciens bacteremia been reported. To our knowledge, we are reporting the first blood isolate of P putrefaciens, albeit with group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, associated with fatal septicemia.