title: Flavimonas oryzihabitans septicaemia in a T-cell leukaemic child: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We describe the first case of septicaemia with Flavimonas oryzihabitans reported from Germany and possibly associated with colonisation of a venous port system. The patient, an 8-year-old T-cell leukaemic girl, was receiving a third course of chemotherapy before bone marrow transplantation. The cardinal symptom, fever, subsided when the venous port system for administration of drugs was no more used. The organism was tested extensively for characteristic biochemical features and antimicrobial susceptibility. We discuss the relevant literature and suggest the means of making a definitive microbiological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Klinikum der RWTH, Aachen, West Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Podbielski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ziebold
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaufhold
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D005417:Flavobacterium; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents