A rare case of pseudobacteremia caused by Pseudomonas oryzihabitans through vascular access for hemodialysis

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2018; 4 (4) : e505

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d’Aleo F.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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, Gatto V.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy Close
, Facciolà A.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy Close
, Chisari M.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy Close
, Conte M.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy Close

Abstract

Pseudomonas oryzihabitans appears to be a soil and saprophytic organism that is commonly isolated in moist environment and it is only rarely implicated as a human pathogen and usually involves catheters, with central venous catheter-related infections being the most frequently reported. We report a case of a CVC-related bacteremia due to Pseudomonas oryzihabitans in a nephropathic and dialyzed patient.
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d’Aleo F.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy
fdaleo83@gmail.com Close
, Gatto V.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy Close
, Facciolà A.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy Close
, Chisari M.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy Close
, Conte M.
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Reggio Calabria, Italy Close
A rare case of pseudobacteremia caused by Pseudomonas oryzihabitans through vascular access for hemodialysis

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2018; 4 (4) : e505

Publication History

Submission date: 12 Nov 2018

Revised on: 16 Nov 2018

Accepted on: 05 Dec 2018

Published online: 14 Dec 2018