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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4583-4584, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4583-4584.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Case of Catheter Sepsis with Ralstonia gilardii in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Georges Wauters,¹ Geert Claeys,² Gerda Verschraegen,² Thierry De Baere,² Els Vandecruys,³ Leen Van Simaey,² Catharine De Ganck,² and Mario Vaneechoutte^2,*

Unité de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels,¹ and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology² and Department of Pediatrics and Genetics,³ Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Received 29 May 2001/Returned for modification 20 September 2001/Accepted 27 September 2001

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia was diagnosed in a 7-year-old girl. Two months after insertion of a central venous catheter, she developed fever and complained of headache and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed no focus of infection. A gram-negative nonfermenting bacillus was recurrently cultured from blood. Extensive biochemical testing and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing led to the identification of Ralstonia gilardii.

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^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Phone: 32 9 240 36 92. Fax: 32 9 240 36 59. E-mail: Mario.Vaneechoutte{at}rug.ac.be.

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4583-4584, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4583-4584.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

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