Ochrobactrum anthropi bacteremia in pediatric oncology patients

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jan;21(1):72-4. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200201000-00018.

Abstract

Ochrobactrum anthropi is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised hosts, particularly in patients with indwelling catheters. We report the characteristics of 14 O. anthropi bacteremic episodes in 11 children with Hickman-type central catheters. Children presented with fever and nonspecific clinical manifestations. Bacteremia was successfully treated with antibiotics, but catheter removal was necessary to achieve cure in four cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Ochrobactrum anthropi / pathogenicity*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents