Freney J, Gruer L D, Bornstein N, Kiredjian M, Guilvout I, Letouzey M N, Combe C, Fleurette J
J Clin Microbiol. 1985 Oct;22(4):683-5. doi: 10.1128/jcm.22.4.683-685.1985.
Agrobacterium radiobacter biovar 2 was repeatedly grown from the blood of an elderly patient receiving artificial ventilation and broad-spectrum antibiotics. No source of the organism was found, but the septicemia ceased when cefotaxime was given. Sera from the patient showed a fourfold rise in antibody against the organism and higher titers than sera from all but 1 of 50 healthy blood donors. The organism did not contain the plasmid associated with plant oncogenicity. This case may be only the second in which Agrobacterium sp. has been clearly linked with human infection.
从一名接受人工通气和广谱抗生素治疗的老年患者血液中多次培养出放射形土壤杆菌生物变种2。未发现该生物体的来源,但给予头孢噻肟后败血症停止。患者血清中针对该生物体的抗体呈四倍上升,且滴度高于50名健康献血者中除1人外的所有人的血清滴度。该生物体不含有与植物致癌性相关的质粒。这可能是第二例明确将土壤杆菌属与人类感染联系起来的病例。