Open AccessCatheter‐Related Bacteremia Caused by the Nocardioform ActinomyceteGordonia terrae
Author(s) -
Audrey S. Pham,
Indra Dé,
Kenneth Rolston,
Jeffrey J. Tarrand,
Xiang Y. Han
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/367543
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , catheter , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , biology
Five cases of catheter-related bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae are reported. All patients who also had the primary diagnosis of cancer experienced nonneutropenic fever as a result of G. terrae infection. All patients were treated successfully with antibiotics, with the requirement of catheter removal for 2 patients who had systemic infections.
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