Pyogenic infections due to Ochrobactrum anthropi.
Ochrobactrum anthropi is a nonfermentative gram-negative bacillus that has been isolated with increasing frequency from human clinical specimens. Previously, its pathogenic niche was believed to involve the causation of catheter-associated bacteremic illnesses. We describe three cases of pyogenic infection due to O. anthropi, thereby expanding the known pathogenic potential of this organism.
Cieslak
T J
TJ
Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234, USA.
Drabick
C J
CJ
Robb
M L
ML
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013492:Suppuration / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology