A fatal case of cupriavidus pauculus causing septicemia after duodenal perforation: Case report from university teaching hospital

Abstract

, a gram-negative bacterium is found ubiquitously in soil and water. It is very rare organism to cause human infection. Here we report a fatal case of septicaemia due to in a young female with duodenal perforation. Blood culture showed isolation of identified by MALDI-TOF-MS. The patient was treated with meropenem and piperacillin and tazobactam, but she died nine days after surgery. To our knowledge, this is the rare case report of causing septicemia after duodenal perforation.