Shivaprakasha Shashikala, Rajdev Sanjay, Singh Harminder, Velivala Satyaprasad
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, SevenHills Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Indian J Med Sci. 2011 Feb;65(2):69-72.
Ochrobactrum anthropi is an emerging pathogen increasingly affecting the immunocompromised host. Only four cases of infective endocarditis have been documented in literature. Therapeutic approach is a rising challenge as it is resistant to most of the currently available beta lactam antibiotics with the exception of carbapenems. We report a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis secondary to Ochrobactrum anthropi infection; the host was temporarily immunocompromised due to disseminated herpes zoster after surgery.
嗜人寡养单胞菌是一种新兴病原体，越来越多地影响免疫功能低下的宿主。文献中仅记载了4例感染性心内膜炎病例。由于除碳青霉烯类抗生素外，它对目前大多数可用的β-内酰胺类抗生素耐药，因此治疗方法面临越来越大的挑战。我们报告一例继发于嗜人寡养单胞菌感染的人工瓣膜心内膜炎病例；患者术后因播散性带状疱疹导致暂时免疫功能低下。
