Infections in patients with cirrhosis are common among those who develop variceal hemorrhage.
Prophylactic antimicrobial treatment with third generation cephalosporins is recommended in patients
with advanced cirrhosis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. However no infectious source is identified in
up to 50% of patients with cirrhosis and clinical sepsis. We report the
first case of Paracoccus yeeii
bacteremia in a patient with decompensated cirrhosis who presented with variceal hemorrhage. This
rare gram negative organism that occurs naturally in the soil has been difficult to isolate until recent
technological advances and may not be susceptible to third generation