Nonfatal bacteremia caused by a mucoid, alginate-producing strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
The first case of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia is reported in a hospitalized 78-yr-old woman with drug-induced hepatitis attributed to antituberculous therapy. The bacteremia was successfully treated with tobramycin and carbenicillin. Furthermore, the extracellular material of this mucoid strain was extracted, purified, and characterized as an alginate of high molecular weight, similar to that of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from cystic fibrosis.
D000368:Aged; D000464:Alginates / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000032:analysis
D000464:Alginates; D014574:Uronic Acids