학술논문
Bordetella bronchiseptica bloodstream infection in a renal transplant patient.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*BORDETELLA bronchiseptica
*GRAM-negative bacteria
*IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients
*KIDNEY transplantation
*KIDNEY diseases
*PATIENTS
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ISSN
1398-2273
Abstract
Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram-negative coccobacillus that infects animals, but rarely affects humans. B. bronchiseptica has been reported to cause disease in immunocompromised hosts. We present a case of a 61-year-old man with a renal transplant who developed B. bronchiseptica bacteremia likely as a result of close contact between dogs and his skin cancer biopsy sites. The patient was successfully treated with 2 weeks of oral levofloxacin. This case alerts physicians to B. bronchiseptica as a cause of bacteremia in solid organ transplant patients with exposure to animals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]