DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i11.013

Pages: 849-852

Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon emerging human pathogen usually because different forms of diseases in hospitalized immunocompromised patients. We report a case of young female patient with end stage renal (ESRD) disease developed severs necrotizing pneumonia because of C. indologenes. We conclude this is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case repot of necrotizing pneumonia due to C. indologenes, a rare disease agent with low pathogenicity but capable of causing severe illness especially in immunocompromised patients.