Vnitr Lek 1999, 45(5):298-300

[Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Radiobacter) as an infectious agent in an oncological patient].

H Franková, Z Churý, V Gaislerová, J Jílková, N Hejlová, J Mach

Masarykův onkologický ústav, Brno.

The authors submit the description of a 62-year-old patient with multiple myeloma where the causal agent of pyretic reactions was Agrobacterium tumefaciens (radiobacter). It was a patient with an implanted venous port which was colonized by the above bacterium. This finding most probably has not been described so far in the Czech literature. In the English literature the authors found 36 cases. The authors draw attention to the possible higher incidence of future infections caused by organisms hitherto considered non-pathogenic for man, in particular in immunocompromised patients.

Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Catheterization, Central Venous, adverse effects, ; Catheters, Indwelling, adverse effects, ; Fever, microbiology, ; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections, complications, ; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Male; Middle Aged; Multiple Myeloma, microbiology, ; Opportunistic Infections, diagnosis,

Published: May 1, 1999  Show citation