Severe sepsis due to chryseobacterium indologenes, a possible emergent multidrug-resistant organism in intensive care unit-acquired infections

Chryseobacterium indologenes, a possible emergent organism resistant to carbapenem antimicrobials after stem cell transplantation

A 64-year-old female was diagnosed with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. She then underwent an unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation with a reduced-intensity regimen. She achieved engraftment followed by HHV-6 encephalopathy. This was complicated by Chryseobacterium indologenes pneumonia. Chryseobacterium indologenes is now a possible emergent organism resistant to carbapenem after tr...

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in the intensive care unit

provided the original work is properly cited. CC We read the report entitled “Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in intensive care unit patients in a hospital with building construction: is there an association?” [1] with great interest. In this report, Kamalbeik et al. [1] concluded that “further research is necessary to establish a relationship between A. baumannii and soil...

Draft genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Chryseobacterium indologenes isolate from Malaysia

Chryseobacterium indologenes is an emerging pathogen which poses a threat in clinical healthcare setting due to its multidrug-resistant phenotype and its common association with nosocomial infections. Here, we report the draft genome of a multidrug-resistant C. indologenes CI_885 isolated in 2014 from Malaysia. The 908,704-kb genome harbors a repertoire of putative antibiotic resistance determi...

Severe community-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit

Clinical characteristics, antimicrobial susceptibilities, and outcomes of patients with Chryseobacterium indologenes bacteremia in an intensive care unit.

Ten patients with intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired Chryseobacterium indologenes bacteremia between January 2004 and December 2008 were studied. The primary site of infection was unknown for 80% of the cases. The known primary sites of infection were empyema (10%) and catheter-related bacteremia (10%). Eight patients (80%) had polymicrobial bacteremia, spent more than 21 days in the ICU, a...