Hanada Shigeru, Iwamoto Mari, Kobayashi Namiko, Ando Ryoichi, Sasaki Sei
Department of Nephrology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo.
Intern Med. 2009;48(6):455-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1754. Epub 2009 Mar 16.
Agrobacterium radiobacter, a Gram-negative bacillus, is recognized as an emerging opportunistic human pathogen that has a propensity to cause infections in patients with indwelling foreign devices. Here, we describe the first reported case of catheter-related bacteremia caused by A. radiobacter in a hemodialysis patient with a long-term tunneled-cuffed hemodialysis catheter. This case shows that A. radiobacter should be included in the list of pathogens that can cause catheter-related bacteremia in hemodialysis patients.
放射土壤杆菌是一种革兰氏阴性杆菌，被认为是一种新兴的机会性人类病原体，容易在留置外来装置的患者中引起感染。在此，我们描述了首例由放射土壤杆菌引起的导管相关菌血症病例，该病例发生在一名患有长期带隧道涤纶套血液透析导管的血液透析患者身上。该病例表明，放射土壤杆菌应被列入可导致血液透析患者导管相关菌血症的病原体名单中。
