Küçükbayrak, AbdülkadirDemirli, KezibanÖzdemir, DavutKüçükbayrak, Zeynep SeçkinHakyemez, İsmail Necati2020-04-302020-04-3020121050-6438https://doi.org/10.1097/WNQ.0b013e31822ce355https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/4227Hakyemez, Ismail/0000-0001-6133-9604WOS: 000300408500009Sphingomonas paucimobilis is a Gram-negative aerobic rod, which is nonfermentative, nonspore forming, catalase positive, and oxidase positive. It is believed that the natural habitat of this organism is the natural environment, and it is also found in hospital settings. The infections caused by the bacteria are rarely life threatening. A 46-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with right flank pain, groin pain, and fever. On clinical examination, right costovertebral angle pain and an operation scar in the temporal region were observed. A review of her medical history revealed an operation for subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to aneurysm and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt 6 weeks before admission. Ceftriaxone 2 x 1 g/day was started. No growth was detected in urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and temporal fluid cultures; however, a Gram-negative rod grew in one of the blood cultures on the second day of treatment. Intravenous ciprofloxacin 400 mg 2 x 1/day was added to treatment. Ceftriaxone treatment was switched to cefoperazon-sulbactam 1 gr 2 x 1/day. No growth was observed in urine and blood control cultures on the third day of treatment. Cefoperazon-sulbactam was stopped on the 10th day, and ciprofloxacin was continued until the 21st day. In English literature, the presence of Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia after neurosurgery has not been previously reported.en10.1097/WNQ.0b013e31822ce355info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessbacteremiaintracranial surgerylate periodSphingomonas paucimobilisventriculoperitoneal shuntReview Article2213840WOS:000300408500009N/AQ4