RALSTONIA MANNITOLILYTICA BACTEREMIA IN A MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT

Ralstonia mannitolilytica and COPD: a case report.

of the right atrium detected by magnetic resonance imaging. Transaortic fine-needle aspiration of centrally located lung cancer under endoscopic ultrasound guidance: the final frontier. Ralstonia mannitolilytica is a recently established species of clinical significance and was previously known as Pseudomonas thomasii or Ralstonia pickettii biovar 3/thomasii [1]. It has been recovered from the ...

A rare case of Ralstonia mannitolilytica infection in an end stage renal patient on maintenance dialysis during municipal water contamination

Ralstonia mannitolilytica is a gram negative soil bacterium. Ralstonia infection though rare, has become the emerging nosocomial pathogens in hospital settings. Various clinical manifestations had been described as well as the mode of transmission. Despite its low virulence factor, it is able to survive under harsh condition and this may potentially cause significant morbidity and mortality esp...

Peritonitis due to Ralstonia mannitolilytica in a pediatric peritoneal dialysis patient.

Ralstonia mannitolilytica constitutes a rare isolate in clinical specimens and to date very few infections with this Gramnegative bacillus have been reported. The first case of peritonitis in a pediatric patient due to R. mannitolilytica in the setting of peritoneal dialysis is described. It is very important to view this organism as a pathogen rather than contaminant when isolated in children ...

Ralstonia pickettii sepsis in a hemodialysis patient from Bulgaria

Dyella japonica Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patient

To the Editor: Patients who receive long-term hemodialysis are at great risk for infection (1,2), especially bacteremia, which may lead to devastating outcomes (3). Environmental bacteria are commonly recovered from dialysis fl uid, but their contribution to infection is less evident (4). We report a bacteremic episode caused by an unusual soil bacterium, Dyella ja-ponica. The patient was a 69-...