Herbaspirillum
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Herbaspirillum
Background
- Genus of Gram-negative bacillus within the class Betaproteobacteria
- Oxidase-positive and afermentative
- Environmental, associated with maize and rice
- Generally non-pathogenic
- Case reports of infections in humans, mostly in cystic fibrosis or immunocompromised patients[1]
Clinical Manifestations
- Bacteremia without clinical focus
- Central line infection
- Pneumonia
Management
- May be misidentified as a Burkholderia, but with much less resistance
- Likely reasonable to start broad with piperacillin-tazobactam or meropenem and then narrow based on susceptibilities
- ↑ Dhital R, Paudel A, Bohra N, Shin AK. Herbaspirillum Infection in Humans: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 19;2020:9545243. doi: 10.1155/2020/9545243. PMID: 32148981; PMCID: PMC7053444.