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Central Venous Catheter–Related Streptomyces Septic Thrombosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ghazi Ghanem ,
Javier Adachi ,
Xiang-Yang Han  and
Issam Raad
Ghazi Ghanem
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Javier Adachi
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Xiang-Yang Han
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Issam Raad*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
*
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, P.O. Box 31402, Houston, TX 77230-1402 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Streptomyces species are part of the actinomycetes group. They have rarely been reported as a cause of invasive infection. We report a case of catheter-related Streptomyces bacteremia complicated by severe sepsis and septic thrombosis. We also present a brief review of the literature on Streptomyces bacteremia.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , May 2007 , pp. 599 - 601
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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