Two cases of Burkholderia cenocepacia in septicemic patients.
We herein report repeated isolation of Burkholderia cenocepacia from two cases of septicemia admitted to cardiothoracic and bone marrow transplant (BMT) units. The two blood cultures taken from each patient grew B. cenocepacia. Both patients turned afebrile after appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and the subsequent blood cultures were sterile. However, both patients had recurrence of fever after about a week, and the patient in the BMT unit died due to respiratory failure. Environmental surveillance was conducted in both units. Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli including Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from environmental samples in the cardiothoracic ward.
Gautam
Vikas
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. r_vg@yahoo.co.uk
Ray
Pallab
P
Das
Anindita
A
Vandamme
Peter
P
Malhotra
Pankaj
P
Varma
Subhash
S
Vijayvergiya
Rajesh
R
Mandal
Jharna
J
Garg
Nidhi
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D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D042602:Burkholderia cepacia complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology
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