title: Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans) bacteremia associated with a well-water source: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of community-acquired Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia in a patient with metastatic breast carcinoma is described. The patient's home drinking water was identified as the source of her bacteremia. The case represents the first in which a community-acquired infection due to this organism has been attributed to a documented water source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Illinois 60064.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Spear
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuhrer
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply