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TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 398-402Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00711.x
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Chryseobacterium indologenes; port-related bacteremia; liver transplantation; piperacillin; tazobactam; trimethoprim; sulfamethoxazole; levofloxacin
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Chryseobacterium indologenes is a rare cause of infection in select immunosuppressed hosts. Most prior reports are from Taiwan, in patients with diabetes mellitus or malignancies. Infections caused by C. indologenes are generally associated with indwelling devices, and the organism may be resistant to many commonly utilized broad-spectrum antibiotics. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of C. indologenes subcutaneous port-related bacteremia in a liver transplant recipient. The isolates were resistant to antibiotics previously reported as active, and device removal was required for treatment success.
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