Port-related Delftia tsuruhatensis bacteremia in a patient with breast cancer

New Microbiol. 2013 Apr;36(2):199-201. Epub 2013 Mar 31.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / etiology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / complications*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Catheter-Related Infections / etiology
  • Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Delftia / genetics
  • Delftia / isolation & purification*
  • Equipment Contamination*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Turkey
  • Vascular Access Devices / microbiology*