title: Acinetobacter baumannii Septicemia in a Recipient of an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
abstract: Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative, nonfermentative coccobacillus that causes infections in immunocompromised and chronically ill patients and is associated with multidrug resistance. Two days before receiving her nonmyeloablative stem cell allograft, a patient with acute myeloid leukemia developed Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia that caused septic shock which was successfully treated with imipenem and removal of the central venous catheter. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Acinetobacter baumannii septicemia in a hematopietic stem cell transplantation recipient.
authors.affiliation: Section of Adult Hematology and Hematopoietic, Stem Cell Transplant, Oncology Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, P.O. Box 15215, Dammam 31444, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Khalid Ahmed
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Al-Anazi
authors.forename: Baha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdalhamid
authors.forename: Zeyad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Alshibani
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alzayed
authors.forename: Hoda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alsayiegh