title: Intravenous line infection due to Ochrobactrum anthropi (CDC Group Vd) in a normal host.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mueenuddin
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Schoch
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Cunha
mesh_terms: 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