Meyer G W
Calif Med. 1973 Jul;119(1):15-8.
Four cases of Pseudomonas cepacia septicemia were found in one hospital in 1971. Two were related to severe phlebitis of the arms due to intravenous catheters, a third to an infected central venous pressure catheter. The infections resolved after the catheters were removed in these three cases. Prophylactic antibiotics may play a partial role in predisposing to this kind of infection. Ps. cepacia may be a more common pathogen than previously recognized. Its antibiotic sensitivity pattern distinguishes it from other members of the Pseudomonas family. Nosocomial infection with this bacteria has been traced to quaternary ammonium solutions but the source of infections in the present cases was not found.
1971年,一家医院发现了4例洋葱伯克霍尔德菌败血症病例。其中2例与静脉导管导致的严重手臂静脉炎有关,第3例与感染的中心静脉压导管有关。在这3例病例中,移除导管后感染得到解决。预防性使用抗生素可能在引发这类感染中起了部分作用。洋葱伯克霍尔德菌可能是一种比之前认识到的更为常见的病原体。其抗生素敏感性模式使其有别于假单胞菌属的其他成员。这种细菌引起的医院感染已追溯到季铵溶液,但在目前这些病例中未找到感染源。