Farshad Shohreh, Norouzi Fatemeh, Aminshahidi Maneli, Heidari Behzad, Alborzi Abdolvahab
Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2012 Jun 15;6(6):521-5. doi: 10.3855/jidc.2215.
Here we describe two cases of bacteremia caused by Comamonas testosteroni in two malignant patients, a 10-year-old boy with brain medulloblastoma and a 19-year-old girl with osteosarcoma admitted in the same hospital at short intervals. This is the first report in Iran on this low inherent virulence organism as a human pathogen.
在此,我们描述了两例由睾丸酮丛毛单胞菌引起的菌血症病例,患者为两名恶性肿瘤患者,一名是10岁患脑髓母细胞瘤的男孩,另一名是19岁患骨肉瘤的女孩,他们在短时间内先后入住同一家医院。这是伊朗首次报道这种低固有毒力的生物体作为人类病原体的情况。