Flavimonas oryzihabitans (CDC group Ve-2) bacteraemia associated with Hickman catheters

J Hosp Infect. 1992 Apr;20(4):293-9. doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(92)90007-9.

Abstract

Flavimonas oryzihabitans is a potential pathogen that may infect patients who have major medical illnesses, especially those who are undergoing surgery or have indwelling venous catheters in situ. Flavimonas oryzihabitans has been isolated from a wide range of body sites, and the portals of entry are major wounds or implanted foreign materials. We report two cases of F. oryzihabitans bacteraemia associated with the use of Hickman catheters for administration of the patients' chemotherapeutic agents. However, a common source for these infections could not be demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
  • Cefoperazone / administration & dosage
  • Cefoperazone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Pseudomonas / isolation & purification*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas Infections / etiology*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Cefoperazone