Chryseobacterium indologenes Non-Catheter-Related Bacteremia in a Patient with a Solid Tumor

Abstract

A case of non-catheter-related bacteremia caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in a nonneutropenic man with a solid tumor is described. The patient was successfully treated with piperacillin-tazobactam

Chryseobacterium Indolgenes in Septicemia- A Rare Case Report

“…The majority of the infections caused by C. indologenes have been reported to have occurred in immune compromised patients with underlying diseases, such as neoplasms, diabetes or heart conditions [4,5]. The associated infections involve the blood stream, pneumonia, intra-abdominal and urinary tract [6,7] and the main risk factors are oncological disease, long hospital stays and prolonged antibiotic treatment (>14days) [8].…”

“…C. indologenes is the most common Flavobacterium isolated from clinical specimens but C. meningosepticum is the most pathogenic member of the genus. C. indologenes is intrinsically resistant to the carbapenams & cephalosporins due to its production of molecular class A beta-lactamase and class B carbapenenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase (IND1-IND7) [4].…”

Infecção por Chryseobacterium indologenes: relato de um caso

“…Ciprofloxacin, cephepime, ceftazidime, piperacillin and rifampicin were shown to have reasonable activity against this agent (85% sensitivity). (2,5) Third, there are reports of discrepancies between the agar test dilution standard and the disc diffusion are routinely used for testing Chryseobacterium spp sensitivity to several antimicrobials prescribed. (1) In this case, disc diffusion antimicrobial sensitivity testing was performed.…”

“…(4) However, sparse cases reports are reported both in children and adults. (1,(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) The associated infections involve the blood stream, pneumonia, intra-abdominal and surgical wounds (5,(8)(9)(10) and the main comorbidities are diabetes mellitus and oncological diseases. (2,3) This case report is from a in-patient (January to March 2009) from the ICU of the Hospital de Base de São José do Rio Preto -Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto.…”

Catheter-related bacteremia due to Chryseobacterium indologenes in a bone marrow transplant recipient

“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Only four of the reported cases arose outside of Asia. 2,5,7,8 The clinical symptoms included are bacteremia, keratitis and cellulitis. It is noteworthy that most of the patients were immunocompromised.…”