Chryseobacterium indologenes in a woman with metastatic breast cancer in the United States of America: a case report

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• Alternative Title:
  J Med Case Rep
• Personal Author:
  Yasmin, Seema ; Garcia, Greg ; Sylvester, Tammy ; Sunenshine, Rebecca
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  We report the seventh case of Chryseobacterium indologenes occurring in the United States of America. C. indologenes is seldom isolated from clinical specimens but has caused hospital-acquired infections in Taiwan and rarely elsewhere.
  
  Case presentation
  
  A 32-year-old Caucasian woman with metastatic breast cancer presented to a hospital emergency department with bilateral radiation-induced pleural effusions and respiratory failure. The patient was hospitalized and ventilated for 26 days; tracheal aspirates collected on ventilation days 24 and 26 grew C. indologenes. The patient subsequently died as a result of worsening ventilator-associated pneumonia and stage IV breast cancer.
  
  Conclusions
  
  C. indologenes infection should be considered for hospitalized patients with a history of malignancy, especially those with indwelling devices and antibiotic use for >14 days.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Beta-lactamases Case Report Chryseobacterium Indologenes Flavobacterium Infection
• Source:
  J Med Case Rep. 2013; 7:190.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9df63b319ed73d8c507b58c1e631369485aae73a7c9dbcc1bae7b492bbb6c778
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21079/cdc_21079_DS1.pdf
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