Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature.
Here we describe two cases of bacteremia caused by Comamonas testosteroni in two malignant patients, a 10-year-old boy with brain medulloblastoma and a 19-year-old girl with osteosarcoma admitted in the same hospital at short intervals. This is the first report in Iran on this low inherent virulence organism as a human pathogen.
Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran.
Shohreh
S
Farshad
Fatemeh
F
Norouzi
Maneli
M
Aminshahidi
Behzad
B
Heidari
Abdolvahab
A
Alborzi
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D020604:Comamonas testosteroni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents