Infection caused by the nonfermentative gram-negative bacillus CDC group IV c-2: case report and literature review.
A 10-year-old girl with acute lymphocytic leukemia developed nosocomial septicemia caused by the gram-negative bacterium CDC group IV c-2. Recovery of the patient followed appropriate treatment with ceftriaxone, to which the organism was susceptible in vitro. Four other reported cases of infection caused by this organism are reviewed.
Ramos
J M
JM
Department of Medical Microbiology, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Soriano
F
F
Bernacer
M
M
Esteban
J
J
Zapardiel
J
J
D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications