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Clinical Microbiology and Infection :... Sep 2002
Review
Topics: Adult; Female; Glomerulonephritis, IGA; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; Peritonitis; Pseudomonas Infections
PubMed: 12427223
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00447.x -
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Dec 2000Pseudomonas (formerly Flavimonas) oryzihabitans is an uncommon pathogen that may cause catheter-associated infections. Although it has occasionally been isolated from...
Pseudomonas (formerly Flavimonas) oryzihabitans is an uncommon pathogen that may cause catheter-associated infections. Although it has occasionally been isolated from the environment, the source of human infection has not previously been documented. We describe an AIDS patient who developed Pseudomonas oryzihabitans bacteremia due to colonization of a Hickman catheter. The patient reported having strictly followed the recommendations for catheter hygiene. The only flaw detected was the use of a synthetic bath sponge in the shower. The sponge was cultured and yielded P. oryzihabitans among other nonfermentative, gram-negative bacilli. To determine the prevalence of P. oryzihabitans in sponges, we cultured 15 samples from unrelated households. The microorganism was isolated from 3 of the 15 samples. Molecular typing by arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR) was performed with the environmental and clinical isolates. Three different profiles were obtained for the six isolates analyzed from the patient's sponge. The strain from the AIDS patient was identical to one of those from his sponge and was different from all the remaining strains. The AP-PCR typing results were subsequently confirmed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. It can be concluded that sponges are occasionally colonized by P. oryzihabitans. For the first time a probable source of an indwelling catheter contamination with this bacterium has been found. Patients carrying these devices should avoid using sponge-like materials, as these are suitable environments for nonfermentative, gram-negative bacilli.
Topics: Adult; Animals; Bacteremia; Catheters, Indwelling; DNA, Bacterial; Humans; Male; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Porifera; Pseudomonas
PubMed: 11101598
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.38.12.4577-4579.2000 -
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Jan 1989A case of peritonitis caused by Flavimonas oryzihabitans (Pseudomonas oryzihabitans; CDC group VE-2) in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is...
A case of peritonitis caused by Flavimonas oryzihabitans (Pseudomonas oryzihabitans; CDC group VE-2) in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is reported. This is the seventh case of infection caused by this organism reported in the English literature and the third reported case of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by this organism; it is the first case of infection of any kind caused by this organism in England.
Topics: Aged; Humans; Male; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; Peritonitis; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas Infections
PubMed: 2913032
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.1.217-218.1989 -
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Jun 1988Pseudomonas luteola (CDC group Ve-1) and Pseudomonas oryzihabitans (CDC group Ve-2) were both isolated from the same blood culture of a 5-month-old infant, 8 days after...
Pseudomonas luteola (CDC group Ve-1) and Pseudomonas oryzihabitans (CDC group Ve-2) were both isolated from the same blood culture of a 5-month-old infant, 8 days after open-heart surgery. He quickly responded to appropriate antibiotics. Carbon substrate assimilation tests and fatty acid analysis clearly differentiated these two rarely pathogenic organisms.
Topics: Humans; Infant; Male; Postoperative Complications; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas Infections; Sepsis
PubMed: 3384937
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.6.1241-1243.1988