Recurrent Achromobacter piechaudii bacteremia in a patient with hematological malignancy

S E Kay; R A Clark; K L White; M M Peel

doi:10.1128/JCM.39.2.808-810.2001

Recurrent Achromobacter piechaudii bacteremia in a patient with hematological malignancy

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Feb;39(2):808-10. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.808-810.2001.

Authors

S E Kay¹, R A Clark, K L White, M M Peel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, PathCare Consulting Pathologists, Geelong District Hospital, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia. [email protected]

Abstract

We describe a recurrent bacteremia caused by Achromobacter (formerly Alcaligenes) piechaudii in association with an intravenous catheter in an immunocompromised 73-year-old man. This is the first reported case of bacteremia due to A. piechaudii.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Alcaligenes* / classification
Alcaligenes* / growth & development
Alcaligenes* / isolation & purification
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / etiology*
Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy
Male
Recurrence