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Both these bacterial species are emerging opportunistic pathogens that may occasionally cause serious infections and even life-threatening health conditions.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Here, we report the case of a patient with bacteremia caused by both R. <jats:italic>pickettii<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Microbacterium.<\/jats:italic> We advocate for providers to order rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing, since our patient\u2019s suffered two kinds of rare pathogens with the opposite of drug sensitivity results to imipenem.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Our case present a patient suffered septic shock caused by <jats:italic>R. pickettii<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Microbacterium<\/jats:italic>. Improving the antibiotic management based on the result of antimicrobial susceptibility tests is the key of successful treatment.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-024-09228-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,18]],"date-time":"2024-03-18T18:02:19Z","timestamp":1710784939000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Persistent bacteremia caused by Ralstonia pickettii and Microbacterium: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Jinwen","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Siqin","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xudong","family":"Jang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lina","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,18]]},"reference":[{"issue":"17","key":"9228_CR1","first-page":"4182","volume":"24","author":"Y Tao","year":"2014","unstructured":"Tao Y. 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