TY - JOUR A2 - Koirala, Janak AU - Merchan, Cristian AU - Parajuli, Sunita AU - Siegfried, Justin AU - Scipione, Marco R. AU - Dubrovskaya, Yanina AU - Rahimian, Joseph PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/23 TI - Multidrug-Resistant Bacteroides fragilis Bacteremia in a US Resident: An Emerging Challenge SP - 3607125 VL - 2016 AB - We describe a case of Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia associated with paraspinal and psoas abscesses in the United States. Resistance to b-lactam/b-lactamase inhibitors, carbapenems, and metronidazole was encountered despite having a recent travel history to India as the only possible risk factor for multidrug resistance. Microbiological cure was achieved with linezolid, moxifloxacin, and cefoxitin. SN - 2090-6625 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3607125 DO - 10.1155/2016/3607125 JF - Case Reports in Infectious Diseases PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -