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Case Reports
. 2003 Mar;41(3):1339-41.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1339-1341.2003.

Septic shock caused by Ochrobactrum anthropi in an otherwise healthy host

Adrien Kettaneh  1 , François-Xavier Weill, Isabelle Poilane, Olivier Fain, Michel Thomas, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Laurent Hocqueloux
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Septic shock caused by Ochrobactrum anthropi in an otherwise healthy host

Adrien Kettaneh et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

Reported is a case of life-threatening septic shock that occurred in an otherwise healthy host after administration of a peripheral venous infusion of a solution contaminated with Ochrobactrum anthropi, an unusual human pathogen. The rapid onset of shock may have been due to a large inoculum caused by nonsterile practices at the time of reconstitution.

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FIG. 1.
SpeI PFGE of O. anthropi isolates. Lanes: M, lambda phage DNA ladder (Boehringer Mannheim); 1, strain isolated from patient's blood culture; 2, strain isolated from MP vials; 3, reference strain CIP 82115 (ATCC 49188); 4, reference strain CIP 109949; 5, reference strain CIP 82116; 6, reference strain CIP 103332.
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