title: Catheter-related bacteremia caused by the nocardioform actinomycete Gordonia terrae.
abstract: Five cases of catheter-related bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae are reported. All patients who also had the primary diagnosis of cancer experienced nonneutropenic fever as a result of G. terrae infection. All patients were treated successfully with antibiotics, with the requirement of catheter removal for 2 patients who had systemic infections.
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Microbiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Audrey S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Indra
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dé
authors.forename: Kenneth V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Rolston
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tarrand
authors.forename: Xiang Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D033601:Gordonia Bacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents