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Chrysobacterium gleum is a nonmotile, oxidase positive, non-fermentative unsporulate Gram-negative bacillus, bacteria belonging to the genus Chrysobacterium. Infections caused by Chrysobacterium spp are usually health care associated and the most frequent in immunocompromised patients and neonates. In this report we present a case of a 35-yearold female patient admitted to the hospital for extreme malnutrition and a hepatic lesion. Chrysobacterium gleum was isolated from tracheal aspirate and blood culture. The strain was identified with Microflex MALDI Biotyper (Bruker Daltonik, Fremont, CA). The patient was successfully treated with piperacillin/tazobactam. Empirical therapy is difficult due to intrinsic resistance to most antimicrobials which are usually effective against Gram-negative bacteria.

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