Case of catheter sepsis with Ralstonia gilardii in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia was diagnosed in a 7-year-old girl. Two months after insertion of a central venous catheter, she developed fever and complained of headache and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed no focus of infection. A gram-negative nonfermenting bacillus was recurrently cultured from blood. Extensive biochemical testing and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing led to the identification of Ralstonia gilardii.
Wauters
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G
Unité de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
Claeys
G
G
Verschraegen
G
G
De Baere
T
T
Vandecruys
E
E
Van Simaey
L
L
De Ganck
C
C
Vaneechoutte
M
M
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003470:Culture Media; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D003470:Culture Media; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S