Tsukamurella catheter-related bloodstream infection in a pediatric patient with pulmonary hypertension.
Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) are important complications in patients with long-term indwelling central venous catheters. In this report, we present the case of a 14-year-old male with pulmonary hypertension treated with continuous treprostinil infusion, who presented with a CR-BSI caused by a Tsukamurella species. This case highlights the potential for this unusual organism to cause infection in immunocompetent patients.
University of Michigan Medical School;
Kristen A
KA
Wendorf
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases;
Claudia M
CM
Espinosa
Department of Pathology; and.
William D
WD
Lebar
University of Michigan Medical School; ; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Jason B
JB
Weinberg
Tsukamurella; central venous catheter; pulmonary hypertension.