Open AccessBrevundimonas diminuta bacteremia in a man with myelodysplastic syndromes
Author(s) -
Hongxin Cao,
Min Li,
Xuewen Yang,
Chunbing Zhang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.162920
Subject(s) - bacteremia , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , antibiotics , biology , medicine , bacteria , genetics
Brevundimonas diminuta are ubiquitous in the environment, but are infrequently isolated from clinical samples. Here we report a case of B. diminuta bacteremia in a man with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) at a teaching hospital in China and review the previously reported cases. The organism was confirmed by culture and 16s rRNA sequence analysis with highly sensitivity to broad-spectrum antibiotics. Our report and other cases demonstrated that the optimal therapeutic duration for B. diminuta infections in various situations remains to be established.