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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 8;12(10):e10853.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.10853.

Pseudomonas Mendocina Bacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient With a Central Venous Catheter

Madeline E Goldberg  1 , Michelle Blyth  2 , Ed Swiatlo  3
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Pseudomonas Mendocina Bacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient With a Central Venous Catheter

Madeline E Goldberg et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Pseudomonas mendocina is an uncommon pathogen in humans and there are no documented cases of infection associated with central venous catheters. Here we describe a 72-year-old man on hemodialysis who presented with a fever and was found to have P. mendocina bacteremia. The only obvious source of infection was the hemodialysis catheter. The isolate was susceptible to all antibiotics tested and he was successfully treated with ciprofloxacin and central venous catheter removal. Patients with chronic medical conditions and vascular devices are at risk for invasive infections with rare Pseudomonas species. As laboratory pathogen detection advances arise, it is possible that additional cases of Pseudomonas mendocina infections in humans will be identified. Our case provides one example of the successful treatment of Pseudomonas mendocina bacteremia in a 72-year-old man with a line-associated infection.

Keywords: bacteremia; central venous catheter; esrd; hemodialysis; pseudomonas; psuedomonas mendocina.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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