Septicemia with Agrobacterium species from a permanent vena cephalica catheter. A case report

Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand B. 1987 Oct;95(5):323-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1987.tb03132.x.

Abstract

A case of Agrobacterium septicemia is reported in a 47-year-old woman with disseminated adenomcarcinoma mammae and a permanent vena cephalica catheter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Drug Contamination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Rhizobium / isolation & purification*
  • Sepsis / etiology*