Pseudomonas Mendocina Bacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient With a Central Venous Catheter.

is an uncommon pathogen in humans and there are no documented cases of infection associated with central venous catheters. Here we describe a 72-year-old man on hemodialysis who presented with a fever and was found to have bacteremia. The only obvious source of infection was the hemodialysis catheter. The isolate was susceptible to all antibiotics tested and he was successfully treated with ciprofloxacin and central venous catheter removal. Patients with chronic medical conditions and vascular devices are at risk for invasive infections with rare Pseudomonas species. As laboratory pathogen detection advances arise, it is possible that additional cases of infections in humans will be identified. Our case provides one example of the successful treatment of bacteremia in a 72-year-old man with a line-associated infection.