Journals / Türk Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi / 2010 / Cilt: 38 - Sayı: 2

Comamonas testosteroni infection in an intensive care unit patient

Yoğun bakım hastasında comamonas testosteroni enfeksiyonu

Pages
133–136
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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Establishment of a correct diagnosis might be delayed, if bodily samples are not carefully analy- sed by clinical microbiology laboratories or not recognized as a potential pathogen by clinicians.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Comamonas testosteroni, classifed as Pseudomonas testosteroni until 1987, a rarely seen infectious agent, hasbeen isolated from animal sources, food refusals, hospital equipment and human clinical specimens such as urine andsputum.
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Key Findings & Data:A 83-year-old male with a history of hypertension and ischemic cerebrovascular incident was admitted to our intensive care unit with a loss of consciousness and respiratory distress.
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Conclusion & Impact:Establishment of a correct diagnosis might be delayed, if bodily samples are not carefully analy- sed by clinical microbiology laboratories or not recognized as a potential pathogen by clinicians.
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Abstract

Comamonas testosteroni, classifed as Pseudomonas testosteroni until 1987, a rarely seen infectious agent, hasbeen isolated from animal sources, food refusals, hospital equipment and human clinical specimens such as urine andsputum. In this case report, we present a case of C. testosteroni sepsis as an example of the pathogenic potential ofthis microorganism. A 83-year-old male with a history of hypertension and ischemic cerebrovascular incident was admitted to our intensive care unit with a loss of consciousness and respiratory distress. On the 42nd day patient’s axillary temperature was38.5°C. In two subsequent blood cultures obtained C. testosteroni grew. The causative agent was demonstrated tobe sensitive to piperacillin-tazobactam, ciprofoxacin, amikacin and resistant to ceftazidime, cefoperazon-sulbactam,tobramycin, cefepim, imipenem, aztreonam and ceftriaxon. He was treated with piperacillin-tazobactam and amikacinfor 10 days. After improvement in his respiratory parameters, the patient was discharged to the ward on his 125thdayin our ICU unit with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of E2M3V2. In humans C. testosteroni can rarely cause intraabdominal, cardiovascular, nervous system and urinary tract infections, and bacteremias. Establishment of a correct diagnosis might be delayed, if bodily samples are not carefully analy- sed by clinical microbiology laboratories or not recognized as a potential pathogen by clinicians.

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Bin dokuz yüz seksen yedi yılına kadar Pseudomonas testosteroni olarak adlandırılan Comamonas testosteroni,ender bir enfeksiyon etkeni olmakla birlikte hayvansal kaynaklardan, yiyecek artıklarından, hastane donanımlarından,idrar ve balgam gibi insan örneklerinden izole edilmektedir. Bu sunumda mikroorganizmanın patojenik potansiyelinigöstermek amacıyla gelişen bir C. testosteroni sepsisi olgusu bildirilmektedir.Öyküsünde yüksek tansiyon ve iskemik serebrovasküler olay olan 83 yaşında erkek hasta yoğun bakımımıza bilinçkaybı ve solunum sıkıntısı nedeni ile kabul edildi. Ventilatör tedavisinin 42. gününde koltukaltı ateşinin yeniden 38,5ºColması sonrası alınan iki kan kültüründe etken patojen olarak C. testosteroni üredi. Etken mikroorganizma piperasilintazobaktam, siprofoksasin ve amikasine duyarlı, seftazidim, sefaperazon-sulbaktam, tobramisin, sefepim, imipenem,aztreonam, seftriaksona dirençli idi. Hastanın antibiyoterapisi 10 gün piperasilin-tazobaktam ve amikasin ile gerçekleştirildi. Yoğun bakım ünitemizde 125 gün yatan olgu, solunum parametreleri düzeldikten sonra bakım hastası olarakE2M3V2 nörolojik skoru ile servise gönderildi.C. testosteroni insanlarda ender olarak karın içinde, kardiyovasküler sistemde, sinir sisteminde ve idrar yollarındaenfeksiyonlara ve bakteriyemiye yol açabilmektedir. Örnekler klinik mikrobiyoloji laboratuvarları tarafından dikkatleincelenmez ise ve mikroorganizma klinisyenler tarafından potansiyel patojen olarak düşünülmez ise tanı gecikebilir.

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SAVACI, S., KATIRCIOĞLU, K., ÖZKALKANLI, M. Y., YURTSEVER, G. S. (2022). Comamonas testosteroni infection in an intensive care unit patient. Türk Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi, Cilt: 38 - Sayı: 2, 133–136. https://ajindex.com/articles/619896

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