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Article: Ralstonia pickettii bacteraemia in a cord blood transplant recipient

TitleRalstonia pickettii bacteraemia in a cord blood transplant recipient
Authors
KeywordsBacteraemia
Cord blood transplant
Ralstonia pickettii
Issue Date2002
PublisherEdizioni Medico Scientifiche (E D I M E S). The Journal's web site is located at http://www.microbiologica.net
Citation
New Microbiologica, 2002, v. 25 n. 1, p. 97-102 How to Cite?
AbstractA seven-year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia underwent an HLA mismatched cord blood transplant. He developed grade 2 mucositis requiring morphine infusion and grade 3-4 hyperacute graft-versus-host disease affecting the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and liver requiring pulse methylprednisolone. On days 21, 23, and 24 post-transplant, blood culture obtained through the central line and periphery were positive for Ralstonia pickettii. The same strain (with the same biochemical profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern) was also recovered from surveillance throat swab cultures from day 11 to day 24 and surveillance rectal swab cultures from day 16 to day 24. The patient responded to intravenous cefoperazone/sulbactam and ciprofloxacin and blood culture became negative 3 days after commencement of the antibiotics. Although R. pickettii is of low virulence and is a frequent contaminant of blood cultures, it should not be overlooked when it is repeatedly recovered from sterile body fluids, especially in immunocompromised hosts.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79038
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.386
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dc.contributor.authorWoo, PCYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, SSYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:49:50Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:49:50Z-
dc.date.issued2002en_HK
dc.identifier.citationNew Microbiologica, 2002, v. 25 n. 1, p. 97-102en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1121-7138en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79038-
dc.description.abstractA seven-year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia underwent an HLA mismatched cord blood transplant. He developed grade 2 mucositis requiring morphine infusion and grade 3-4 hyperacute graft-versus-host disease affecting the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and liver requiring pulse methylprednisolone. On days 21, 23, and 24 post-transplant, blood culture obtained through the central line and periphery were positive for Ralstonia pickettii. The same strain (with the same biochemical profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern) was also recovered from surveillance throat swab cultures from day 11 to day 24 and surveillance rectal swab cultures from day 16 to day 24. The patient responded to intravenous cefoperazone/sulbactam and ciprofloxacin and blood culture became negative 3 days after commencement of the antibiotics. Although R. pickettii is of low virulence and is a frequent contaminant of blood cultures, it should not be overlooked when it is repeatedly recovered from sterile body fluids, especially in immunocompromised hosts.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherEdizioni Medico Scientifiche (E D I M E S). The Journal's web site is located at http://www.microbiologica.neten_HK
dc.relation.ispartofNew Microbiologicaen_HK
dc.subjectBacteraemia-
dc.subjectCord blood transplant-
dc.subjectRalstonia pickettii-
dc.subject.meshBacteremia - microbiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshBlood Transfusion - adverse effectsen_HK
dc.subject.meshChilden_HK
dc.subject.meshFetal Blood - microbiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshGram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci - isolation & purificationen_HK
dc.subject.meshGram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshOpportunistic Infections - microbiologyen_HK
dc.titleRalstonia pickettii bacteraemia in a cord blood transplant recipienten_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailWoo, PCY:pcywoo@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailWong, SSY:samsonsy@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.volume25en_HK
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