Abstract

Cupriavidus pauculus it's a gram-negative bacillus with an oxidative metabolism that has been isolated in water and soil samples, but rarely in people clinical entities. There are less than 20 articles case-reported about this microorganism. Most of which have been patients with some type of immune impairment, mostly subjects with invasive vascular procedures, who had required multiples antibiotic management. Cupriavidus pauculus has mainly shown a low virulence and antibiotic sensibility to trimethoprim-sulfametoxazol, broad spectrum betalactamics and quinolones. As presented in the case of a 55 year old patient with renal transplantation history admitted with a soft tissue infection and diagnosed with a catheter associated bacteremia by C. pauculus, during hospitalization.

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