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

Kristen A. Wendorf; Claudia M. Espinosa; William D. LeBar; Jason B. Weinberg

doi:10.4081/idr.2010.1649

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Case Report

17 March 2010

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

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University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Department of Pathology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Infect. Dis. Rep.2010, 2(1), e5;https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1649

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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

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