title: Case of catheter sepsis with Ralstonia gilardii in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Claeys
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verschraegen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Baere
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandecruys
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Simaey
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Ganck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S