Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence: jean-marc. Brevundimonas diminuta is rarely described in clinical specimens, never at the umbilical stump.
Most of the reported cases are in patients with underlying pathologies. We must integrate this microorganism in the etiological agents of nosocomial infections, but much remains to be understood about its virulence. We present a case of umbilical stump infection omphalitis caused by B.
Keywords: Brevundimonas diminuta , omphalitis, low birth weight, nosocomial infection. Brevundimonas species are aerobic Gram-negative, oxidase and catalase positive, non-fermenting rods 1 to 4 mm in length and 0.
Infections caused by Brevundimonas species are rare in humans and are mainly nosocomial bacteremia in immunocompromised patients [ 2 ].
Only a few clinical cases of serious opportunistic infections, particularly in patients with compromised immunity, have been reported for B. All known species of Brevundimonas spp. It is also described that it survives in disinfectants [ 6 ]. In the literature, B. These infections are mainly bacteremia, intravascular catheter infections, urinary tract infections, pleural damage a case of empyema and keratitis secondary to wearing visibly contaminated lenses [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ].
