Implanted-port-catheter-related sepsis caused by Acidovorax avenae and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3358-61. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01093-09. Epub 2009 Aug 26.

Abstract

Acidovorax avenae is a gram-negative rod in the family Comamonadaceae and a phytopathogen found in the environment. Human infections caused by members of the Comamonadaceae are extremely rare. We report a case of implanted-port-catheter-related sepsis caused by Acidovorax avenae and methicillin (meticillin)-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Comamonadaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents