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Here, we report the case of a 19-month-old female infant patient who presented to the emergency unit with somnolence and fever. <jats:italic>C. arupi<\/jats:italic> was isolated from a positive blood culture, taken via an implanted Broviac catheter, proving a bloodstream infection by the pathogen. The objective of this study was to utilize whole genome sequencing to assess the genes encoding potential virulence associated factors, which may play a role in host tropism, tissue invasion and the subsequent stages in the pathogenesis of a bloodstream infection with <jats:italic>C. arupi<\/jats:italic>. The genome of the isolate was completely sequenced employing Illumina MiSeq and Nanopore MinION sequencing and the presumptive virulence associated factors and antimicrobial resistance genes were investigated in more detail. Additionally, we performed metabolic profiling and susceptibility testing by microdilution. The presence of predicted TcfC-like \u03b1-Pili suggests that <jats:italic>C. arupi<\/jats:italic> is highly adapted to humans as a host. It utilizes flagellar and type IV pili-mediated motility, as well as a number of \u03b3<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>-pili and a \u03c3-pilus, which may be used to facilitate biofilm formation and adherence to host epithelia. Additionally, long polar fimbriae may aid in tissue invasion. The bacterium possesses antioxidant factors, which may enable temporary survival in phagolysosomes, and a capsule that potentially provides protection from phagocytosis. It may acquire iron ions from erythrocytes through the type 6 secretion system and hemolysins. Furthermore, the isolate exhibits beta-lactamase-mediated penicillin and aminopenicillin resistance. 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