Ochrobactrum anthropi septicaemia.
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2008-01-30
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Ochrobactrum anthropi is an emerging opportunist pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of septicaemia due to O. anthropi in an elderly male patient with coronary artery disease with severe left ventricular dysfunction admitted in the Intensive coronary care unit. Following intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) insertion, the patient developed a haematoma at the local site, which led to septicaemia. In spite of intensive treatment, the condition of the patient continued to deteriorate and he died on the seventh day. This infection with the microbiological characteristics useful for identification of the organism is described.
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Arora U, Kaur S, Devi P. Ochrobactrum anthropi septicaemia. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2008 Jan-Mar; 26(1): 81-3