Outbreak of infection with Achromobacter xylosoxidans from contaminated intravascular pressure transducers

Achromobacter xylosoxidans Infection Presenting as a Pulmonary Nodule Mimicking Cancer

“…A. xylosoxidans has been isolated in cases of ear and eye infections (26,28,30), urinary tract infections (28,38), intra-abdominal infections (39), liver abscesses (4), soft tissue infections (5, 29), osteomyelitis (42), arthroplasty infections (37), meningitis (8,26,29,30), ventriculitis (35), endocarditis (1, 2, 41), and pneumonia (3, 10-13, 20, 32, 34, 39, 44). A. xylosoxidans has been isolated from multiple sources, including blood (3,9,11,16,18,28,33), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (8,26,29,30), stool, urine (28,38), sputum (40), skin, ear discharge (29,45), wounds (29), abscesses (4, 39), bone (42), joints (37), endocardium (1, 2, 41), ascites fluid (39), and corneal scrapings and vitreous humor fluid (14,22,27,31).…”

Hospital-acquired pneumonia due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans in the elderly: A single-center retrospective study in Beijing

“…Other epidemiological studies have demonstrated that outbreaks due to this organism can be associated with intravascular pressure [22] transducers and chlorhexidine [23]. However, due to the limitations of this retrospective study, this isolate was not identified in routine detection of the doctor's hands and medical instruments in the infectious diseases department.…”

A novel bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans as a cause of liver abscess: Three case reports

“…AX is not fermentative, but decomposes glucose and xylose oxidatively [4][5][6]. AX has been increasingly isolated from clinical samples of urine, sputum, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, otopyorrhea and bile juice [7][8][9][10][11]. Although AX comprises 1.4% of all glucose-non-fermentable bacteria isolated from clinical samples [12], it has rarely been reported as cause of abscess.…”