Bacteremia due to glucose non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli in patients with hematological neoplasias and solid tumors

Twenty-six patients with hematological or solid tumors who developed bacteremia caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 10), Pseudomonas putida (n = 6), Sphingomonas paucimobilis complex (n = 4) or Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (n = 6) in the period between 1993 and 1995 were studied. Seventeen patie...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 1996-07, Vol.15 (7), p.610-615
Main Authors: MARTINO, R, MARTINEZ, C, PERICAS, R, SALAZAR, R, SOLA, C, BRUNET, S, SUREDA, A, DOMINGO-ALBOS, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Alcaligenes
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacteremia - drug therapy
Bacteremia - microbiology
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial sepsis
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Marrow Transplantation - adverse effects
Catheterization - adverse effects
Female
Glucose - metabolism
Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Hematologic Neoplasms - complications
Hematologic Neoplasms - microbiology
Hematologic Neoplasms - therapy
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - microbiology
Neoplasms - therapy
Neutropenia
Pseudomonas putida
Quinolones - therapeutic use
Retrospective Studies
Sphingomonas paucimobilis
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Xanthomonas
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Summary:Twenty-six patients with hematological or solid tumors who developed bacteremia caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 10), Pseudomonas putida (n = 6), Sphingomonas paucimobilis complex (n = 4) or Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (n = 6) in the period between 1993 and 1995 were studied. Seventeen patients were neutropenic during the infection, and 13 were undergoing bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Twenty-three patients had catheter-related infections; only 3 of the 26 patients developed septic complications (all due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia). Twenty patients were cured following catheter removal, either as primary measure (n = 8) or salvage measure (n = 12). Four responded to antibiotic therapy only, and two died of septic complications. Such infections in hematological and oncological patients have increased in this hospital from no cases in 1975 to 11 cases in 1995.
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/BF01709374