Ochrobactrum anthropi Bacteremia in a Non‐Diabetic, Immunocompetent Hemodialysis Patient

Ochrobactrum anthropi is a rare human pathogen that is usually only associated with significant infection in immunocompromised, debilitated hosts with indwelling medical devices. It has rarely been implicated as a cause of bacteremia in hemodialysis (HD) patients. A review of the literature reveals...

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Published in:Dialysis & transplantation 2008-11, Vol.37 (11), p.452-453
Main Authors: Javaid, Muhammad M., Rumjon, Adam, Cubbon, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Ochrobactrum anthropi is a rare human pathogen that is usually only associated with significant infection in immunocompromised, debilitated hosts with indwelling medical devices. It has rarely been implicated as a cause of bacteremia in hemodialysis (HD) patients. A review of the literature reveals only 2 reports of O. anthropi bacteremia in HD patients, all of whom were either diabetic or on therapeutic immunosuppression. We describe a case of O. anthropi bacteremia in an immunocompetent non‐diabetic HD patient and present a short review of the literature. Ciprofloxacin therapy failed to eradicate the infection despite in vitro susceptibility of the isolate. The organism subsequently developed resistance to ciprofloxacin and was only eradicated after removal of the patient's tunneled HD central venous catheter and treatment with IV meropenem.
ISSN:0090-2934
1932-6920
DOI:10.1002/dat.20277