Ms. Mahmood et al., Infective endocarditis and septic embolization with Ochrobactrum anthropi:Case report and review of literature, J INFECTION, 40(3), 2000, pp. 287-290
Ochrobactrum anthropi, previously known as CDC group Vd, is an aerobic, Gra
m-negative bacillus of low virulence that occasionally causes human infecti
on, We describe a case of infective endocarditis with O. anthropi complicat
ed by septic embolization, A review of all the literature reported cases of
O, anthropi infection is presented and categorized into 'Central line rela
ted', 'Transplant related' and "Other pyogenic infections", Mortality appea
rs to be related to the underlying disease state, rather than the organism.
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