Post-ERCP bacteremia caused by Alcaligenes xylosoxidans in a patient with pancreas cancer.
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is an aerobic, motile, oxidase and catalase positive, nonfermentative Gram negative bacillus. This bacterium has been isolated from intestine of humans and from various hospital or environmental water sources. A.xylosoxidans is both waterborne and results from the poor-hygienic conditions healthcare workers are in. In this case report, the bacteremia which appeared in a patient with pancreas cancer after ERCP was described.
Yilmaz
Gurdal
G
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey. gurdalyilmaz53@hotmail.com
Aydin
Kemalettin
K
Koksal
Iftihar
I
Caylan
Rahmet
R
Akcay
Korhan
K
Arslan
Mehmet
M
D000368:Aged; D000421:Alcaligenes; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin