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Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis patients: a report of two cases
Ralstonia pickettii is a low-virulence gram-negative bacillus that may be associated with infections related to health care and may cause bacteremia. Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia is uncommon but is related to the contamination of medical products, mainly in immunodepressed patients. We present two...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27410414 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160033 |
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author | Tejera, Darwin Limongi, Gino Bertullo, Mauricio Cancela, Mario |
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description | Ralstonia pickettii is a low-virulence gram-negative bacillus that may be associated with infections related to health care and may cause bacteremia. Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia is uncommon but is related to the contamination of medical products, mainly in immunodepressed patients. We present two cases of patients on chronic hemodialysis with Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia linked to contamination of the dialysis water. Similar cases have been published with links to intravenous fluid administration, medication ampules, and the use of extracorporeal oxygenation membranes, among other factors. The detection of Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia should provoke suspicion and a search for contaminated medical products, fluids, and/or medications. |
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spelling | pubmed-49430582016-07-14 Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis patients: a report of two cases Tejera, Darwin Limongi, Gino Bertullo, Mauricio Cancela, Mario Rev Bras Ter Intensiva Case Report Ralstonia pickettii is a low-virulence gram-negative bacillus that may be associated with infections related to health care and may cause bacteremia. Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia is uncommon but is related to the contamination of medical products, mainly in immunodepressed patients. We present two cases of patients on chronic hemodialysis with Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia linked to contamination of the dialysis water. Similar cases have been published with links to intravenous fluid administration, medication ampules, and the use of extracorporeal oxygenation membranes, among other factors. The detection of Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia should provoke suspicion and a search for contaminated medical products, fluids, and/or medications. Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4943058/ /pubmed/27410414 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160033 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tejera, Darwin Limongi, Gino Bertullo, Mauricio Cancela, Mario Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis patients: a report of two cases |
title | Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis
patients: a report of two cases |
title_full | Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis
patients: a report of two cases |
title_fullStr | Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis
patients: a report of two cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis
patients: a report of two cases |
title_short | Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis
patients: a report of two cases |
title_sort | ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in hemodialysis
patients: a report of two cases |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27410414 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160033 |
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