title: Ochromobactrum intermedium:an emerging opportunistic pathogen-case of recurrent bacteraemia associated with infective endocarditis in a haemodialysis patient.
abstract: We describe the first clinical case report of infective endocarditis related toOchrobactrum intermediuminfection. The case involved a 23-year-old man receiving dialysis via an internal jugular long-term haemodialysis catheter. He improved with a prolonged course of meropenem and minocycline.Ochrobactrumspp. are recognized as rare emerging opportunistic pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; University College London, London, UK.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bharucha
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: West Hertfordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Stevenage, UK.
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authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kandil
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collier