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Case Report

Tsukamurella Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension

by
Kristen A. Wendorf
1,
Claudia M. Espinosa
2,
William D. LeBar
3 and
Jason B. Weinberg
1,4,*
1
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
2
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3
Department of Pathology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
4
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2010, 2(1), e5; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1649
Submission received: 26 January 2010 / Revised: 10 March 2010 / Accepted: 11 March 2010 / Published: 17 March 2010

Abstract

Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) are important complications in patients with long-term indwelling central venous catheters. In this report, we present the case of a 14-year-old male with pulmonary hypertension treated with continuous treprostinil infusion, who presented with a CR-BSI caused by a Tsukamurella species. This case highlights the potential for this unusual organism to cause infection in immunocompetent patients.
Keywords: Tsukamurella; central venous catheter; pulmonary hypertension Tsukamurella; central venous catheter; pulmonary hypertension

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Wendorf, K.A.; Espinosa, C.M.; LeBar, W.D.; Weinberg, J.B. Tsukamurella Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2010, 2, e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1649

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Wendorf KA, Espinosa CM, LeBar WD, Weinberg JB. Tsukamurella Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension. Infectious Disease Reports. 2010; 2(1):e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1649

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Wendorf, Kristen A., Claudia M. Espinosa, William D. LeBar, and Jason B. Weinberg. 2010. "Tsukamurella Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension" Infectious Disease Reports 2, no. 1: e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1649

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