title: Ochrobactrum anthropi bacteraemia in immunocompetent children.
abstract: Ochrobactrum anthropi is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients but infections with the bacterium have very rarely been documented in normal hosts. We report the characteristics of O. anthropi bacteraemia in 11 immunocompetent children, aged 2 months to 7 y, hospitalized in a general hospital during a 5-y period. Children commonly presented with fever, non-specific respiratory or gastrointestinal manifestations, leukocytosis and neutrophilia and had a rapid recovery, even when they did not receive a specific treatment. In 10 cases positive blood cultures were obtained on admission and in all cases subsequent cultures were sterile. In conclusion, O. anthropi may cause bacteraemia in immunocompetent hosts, although further studies are required to clarify whether these isolates represent pseudobacteraemia or whether O. anthropi is a potential pathogen of low virulence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. egalanak@med.uoc.gr
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galanakis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bitsori
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Samonis
authors.forename: Athanasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christidou
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Georgiladakis
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sbyrakis
authors.forename: Yiannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tselentis
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D020621:Ochrobactrum anthropi / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents