title: Port-related Delftia tsuruhatensis bacteremia in a patient with breast cancer.
abstract: Delftia tsuruhatensis is a non-glucose fermenting, oxidase positive, motile, gram-negative bacillus first isolated from activated sludge collected from a domestic wastewater treatment plant in Japan. To the best of our knowledge only one case of infection with Delftia tsuruhatensis exists in the medical literature. This is the second case report of human infection having Delftia tsuruhatensis as a causative agent.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, 1st Internal Medicine Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tabak
authors.forename: Bilgul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mete
authors.forename: Selda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Nil Molinas
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Mandel
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Otlu
authors.forename: Resat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozaras
authors.forename: Fehmi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tabak
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D042742:Delftia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014421:Turkey; D062666:Vascular Access Devices / Q000382:microbiology*