Implanted-port-catheter-related sepsis caused by Acidovorax avenae and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.
Acidovorax avenae is a gram-negative rod in the family Comamonadaceae and a phytopathogen found in the environment. Human infections caused by members of the Comamonadaceae are extremely rare. We report a case of implanted-port-catheter-related sepsis caused by Acidovorax avenae and methicillin (meticillin)-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
Malkan
Alpin D
AD
Department of Surgery, Saint Mary's Health System/Yale Affiliate, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06705, USA. Alpin.malkan@yahoo.com
Strollo
Wendy
W
Scholand
Stephen J
SJ
Dudrick
Stanley J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D042621:Comamonadaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents