Recurrent bacteremia by Chryseobacterium indologenes in an oncology patient with a totally implanted intravascular device

E Nulens; B Bussels; A Bols; B Gordts; H W Van Landuyt

doi:10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00273.x

Recurrent bacteremia by Chryseobacterium indologenes in an oncology patient with a totally implanted intravascular device

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2001 Jul;7(7):391-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00273.x.

Authors

E Nulens¹, B Bussels, A Bols, B Gordts, H W Van Landuyt

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Microbiology, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan, Ruddershove 10, B-8000 Brugge, Belgium.

PMID: 11531991
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00273.x

Abstract

Chryseobacterium indologenes was isolated from the blood cultures of an oncological patient with a totally implantable device. Because a catheter-related infection was suspected, the Port-A-Cath was removed after a 10-day course of piperacillin-tazobactam. Differences in susceptibility may exist if either the criteria for either Pseudomonas or Enterobacteriaceae are used.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / etiology*
Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Female
Flavobacterium / drug effects
Flavobacterium / growth & development*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Neoplasms / complications*
Neoplasms / drug therapy
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome