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. 2021 Jul 22:39:208.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.208.30565. eCollection 2021.

Catheter-related bloodstream infection due to Acinetobacter ursingii in a hemodialysis patient: case report and literature review

Arsanios Martin Daniel  1 , Diana Garzón  2 , Andrés Vivas  2 , Tíĵaro Merchán Viviana  3 , Diego Alejandro Cubides-Diaz  1 , Yesid Mantilla Fabian  1
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Catheter-related bloodstream infection due to Acinetobacter ursingii in a hemodialysis patient: case report and literature review

Arsanios Martin Daniel et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Acinetobacter ursingii is an anaerobic gram negative opportunistic coccobacillus, rarely isolated in bacteremic patients. It is mainly found in immunocompromised and severely ill patients with no identifiable source of infection. When isolated into the bloodstream, it usually displays resistance to at least two antimicrobial agents. To date only seven cases of bacteremia due to this microorganism have been reported in adults, of which, this accounts for the second one associated to renal replacement therapy and the first case of a documented catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) in a patient with a hemodialysis catheter. A 78-year-old male presented into the emergency department with acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis, later developing bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii.

Keywords: Acinetobacter infection; bacteremia; case report; catheter related infection; hemodialysis.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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A) blood agar showing white mucoid colonies consistent with Acinetobacter ursingii; B) gram stain of blood culture with gram negative coccobacillary forms
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