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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 808-810, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.808-810.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Recurrent Achromobacter piechaudii Bacteremia in a Patient with Hematological Malignancy

Stephen E. Kay,1,* Robert A. Clark,1 Karen L. White,2 and Margaret M. Peel3

Department of Microbiology, PathCare Consulting Pathologists,1 and Oncology,2 Geelong District Hospital, Geelong, Victoria 3220, and Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010,3 Australia

Received 22 August 2000/Returned for modification 25 October 2000/Accepted 8 November 2000

We describe a recurrent bacteremia caused by Achromobacter (formerly Alcaligenes) piechaudii in association with an intravenous catheter in an immunocompromised 73-year-old man. This is the first reported case of bacteremia due to A. piechaudii.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology, Monash Medical Center, Locked Bag 29, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia. Phone: (613) 9594-4551. Fax: (613) 9594-4517. E-mail: Stephen.Kay{at}med.monash.edu.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 808-810, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.808-810.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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