An unusual community-acquired invasive and multi systemic infection due to ExoU-harboring Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain: Clinical disease and microbiological characteristics

Alexandre Elabbadi (1) , Stéphane Pont (2) , Charlotte Verdet (3) , Patrick Plésiat (4) , François Cretin (2) , Guillaume Voiriot (5) , Muriel Fartoukh (1) , Michel Djibré (1)

1 CHU Tenon [AP-HP]
2 PBRC - Pathogenèse bactérienne et réponses cellulaires
3 AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)
4 CHRU Besançon - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon
5 Service de réanimation médicale et infectieuse

Community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are rare. Most cases involve patients either with underlying immunosuppression or structural chronic lung diseases. We report here an atypical case of a severe community-acquired invasive infection due to a hypervirulent ExoU-producing strain, in an immunocompetent patient.

Mots clés: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Virulence; Invasive infection

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses

Alexandre Elabbadi, Stéphane Pont, Charlotte Verdet, Patrick Plésiat, François Cretin, et al.. An unusual community-acquired invasive and multi systemic infection due to ExoU-harboring Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain: Clinical disease and microbiological characteristics. Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2020, 53 (4), pp.647-651. ⟨10.1016/j.jmii.2019.06.008⟩. ⟨hal-02345592⟩