INTRAVENOUS LINE INFECTION DUE TO OCHROBACTRUM-ANTHROPI (CDC GROUP VD) IN A NORMAL HOST

Ochrobactrum anthropi, formerly known as Achromobacter species (CDC gr oup Vd), is an aerobic, gramnegative bacillus widely distributed in aq uatic environments. Most important, it has been implicated as a cause of intravenous line infection in immunocompromised hosts with solid tu mors or hematologic malignancies. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and am inoglycosides are usually active against O. anthropi, but this organis m is usually resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. Because O. anthropi is a loss-virulence organism, patients with intravenous-line infectio ns have been cured without removal of the intra venous catheter. We de scribe a case of intravenous-line infection in a normal host that was successfully resolved after catheter removal.