Intravenous line infection due to Ochrobactrum anthropi (CDC Group Vd) in a normal host.
Ochrobactrum anthropi, formerly known as Achromobacter species (CDC group Vd), is an aerobic, gram-negative bacillus widely distributed in aquatic environments. Most important, it has been implicated as a cause of intravenous line infection in immunocompromised hosts with solid tumors or hematologic malignancies. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and aminoglycosides are usually active against O. anthropi, but this organism is usually resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. Because O. anthropi is a low-virulence organism, patients with intravenous-line infections have been cured without removal of the intravenous catheter. We describe a case of intravenous-line infection in a normal host that was successfully resolved alter catheter removal.
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Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
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D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications