Postoperative Chryseobacterium indologenes bloodstream infection caused by contamination of distillate water

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;28(3):368-9. doi: 10.1086/508839. Epub 2007 Feb 7.

Abstract

Chryseobacterium indologenes was isolated from blood samples from a 5-month-old infant with bloodstream infection. Environmental sampling was performed. Molecular typing with arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction demonstrated the cross-contamination of commercial distillate water. The infant was infected by this water as a result of medical assistance received during hospitalization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia* / epidemiology
  • Bacteremia* / etiology
  • Bacteremia* / microbiology
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Chryseobacterium* / classification
  • Chryseobacterium* / genetics
  • Chryseobacterium* / isolation & purification
  • Culture Media
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections* / epidemiology
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections* / etiology
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Pediatrics
  • Turkey / epidemiology
  • Water Pollution*
  • Water Supply*

Substances

  • Culture Media