Sphingomonas paucimobilis Peritonitis: a Case Report and Literature Review

摘要

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus that belongs to the genus Sphingomonas. Although first isolated in a human infection and named Pseudomonas paucimobilis in 1977, it was reclassified in 1990 based upon phyLogenetic data and renamed Sphingomonas paucimobilis. Rarely isolated from human materials, it plays an extremely limited role as an infectious agent. Itis also an unusual pathogen for peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis.