Table 2 Clinical data of eight Agrobacterium cases
Isolate | Main diagnosis at admission | Rhizobium- related Diagnosisa | Clinical Features at time of BC sampling | N° positive BC/ BC drawn before treatment | Polymicrobial BSI | IVDs | IVD culture | Antibiotic treatment (days) | Treatment duration (days) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | Elective surgery | CLABSI | Fever, chills | 2/2 | no | CVC | No growth | Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (2), Cefepime (3), ceftriaxone (5) | 10, CVC removed on day 8 | cured |
B | Semi-elective surgery | BSI | Fever | 2/2 | no | PVC | Not performed | Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (2), Meropenem + Ciprofloxacin (12) | 14, removal date of PVC unknown | cured |
C | Lung injury from smoke inhalation | Transient bacteraemia | Fever | 1/2 | no | PVC | Not performed | Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (3), Ceftriaxone (1) | 4 | cured |
D | Community-acquired pneumonia | Transient bacteraemia | asymptomatic | 1/2 | no | PVC | Not performed | Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (7, Doxycyclin (7) | 7 | cured |
E | Acute-myocardial infarction | CRBSI | Fever, chills | 2/2 | no | PVC | Agrobacterium sp. | Piperacillin-tazobactam (2), Ceftraixone (7) | 9, PVC removal day 4 | cured |
F | Polyserositis related to Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease | Transient bacteraemia | asymptomatic | 1/2 | no | PVC | Not performed | Cefepime (3) | 3 | cured |
G | Atypical mycobacterial pulmonary infection | CLABSI | Fever | 1/2 | Yes; Ochrobactrum anthrophi, Alcaligenes sp. | Port | Not performed | Imipenem+cilastin | 14, Port removal on day 9 | cured |
H | Self-induced bleeding | CLABSI | Fever | 2/3 | Yes, Sphingomonas paucimobilis, Viridans group Streptococci | CVC | Sphingomonas paucimobilis, Viridans group Streptococci | Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | 12, CVC removed on day 6 | cured |