Kaye K M, Macone A, Kazanjian P H
Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Clin Infect Dis. 1992 May;14(5):1010-4. doi: 10.1093/clinids/14.5.1010.
Three cases of catheter infection due to Methylobacterium extorquens are reported. Each patient had a history of acute leukemia and was immunocompromised; two had undergone bone marrow transplantation, and the third was receiving consolidation chemotherapy. All three patients survived after removal of the central venous catheter and antibiotic treatment. The clinical features of these cases are compared with those of the 12 previously reported cases of infection due to Methylobacterium species.
报告了3例由扭脱甲基杆菌引起的导管感染病例。每位患者都有急性白血病病史且免疫功能低下；其中2例接受了骨髓移植，第3例正在接受巩固化疗。所有3例患者在拔除中心静脉导管并接受抗生素治疗后均存活。将这些病例的临床特征与先前报告的12例由甲基杆菌属引起的感染病例的特征进行了比较。
