Acidovorax oryzae catheter-associated bloodstream infection

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec;52(12):4421-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00657-14. Epub 2014 Oct 1.

Abstract

Acidovorax oryzae is a bacterium that has never before been reported as pathogenic in human subjects. Here we describe the first case of a successfully treated A. oryzae catheter-associated bloodstream infection in an immunocompetent patient prior to heart transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • C-Reactive Protein / analysis
  • Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Catheter-Related Infections / pathology
  • Comamonadaceae / classification
  • Comamonadaceae / drug effects
  • Comamonadaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis / diagnosis*
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Sepsis / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • C-Reactive Protein