RT Journal
A1 Marinella MA
T1 CEllulitis and sepsis due to sphingobacterium
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2002
FD October 23
VO 288
IS 16
SP 1985
OP 1985
DO 10.1001/jama.288.16.1981
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.16.1981
AB 
To the Editor: Cellulitis-associated sepsis
is usually due to gram-positive organisms such as group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus. This report describes the case of
an elderly man with cellulitis and sepsis due to Sphingobacterium
spiritivorum the patient most likely acquired from walking barefoot
in his back yard.