Title |
Bacteriemia por Ralstonia pickettii en pacientes en hemodiálisis: reporte de dos casos
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Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, January 2016
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DOI | 10.5935/0103-507x.20160033 |
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Authors |
Darwin Tejera, Gino Limongi, Mauricio Bertullo, Mario Cancela |
Abstract |
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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