title: Characteristics of Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia in northern Taiwan.
abstract: There were 40 cases of Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia during a 6-year period in a medical center in northern Taiwan. Males outnumbered females (72.5% vs 27.5%). Common underlying diseases and conditions in these 40 bacteremic patients were malignancies (57.5%), central venous catheter implants (55%), surgery (35%), neutropenia (30%) and use of steroids (25%). Recurrent bacteremia occurred in 4 patients (10%), all of whom had a central venous catheter implant which was considered the most probable source of infection. More than one-quarter (27.5%) of the cases were community acquired. The mortality rate due to A. xylosoxidans bacteremia was 47.5%. Risk factors significantly associated with mortality were nosocomial acquisition and polymicrobial bacteremia. Disk susceptibility testing showed that these isolates were resistant to aminoglycosides and most cephalosporins but were susceptible to piperacillin, imipenem, ceftazidime and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shian-Sen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shie
authors.forename: Ching-Tai
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hsieh-Shong
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Leu
mesh_terms: D042441:Achromobacter denitrificans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged