KEGG   DISEASE: Ochrobactrum anthropi infection
Entry
H01144                      Disease                                
Name
Ochrobactrum anthropi infection
Description
Ochrobactrum anthropi is a ubiquitous oxidase-producing gram-negative bacillus. The pathogen is recognized increasingly as a causative agent of central catheter-related infections, causing bloodstream infection in patients on hemodialysis.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by alpha proteobacteria
   H01144  Ochrobactrum anthropi infection
Pathogen
Ochrobactrum anthropi [GN:oan oah]
Comment
The pathogen usually displays resistance to commonly used broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents, including penicillins and cephalosporins.
Reference
PMID:12324938
  Authors
Daxboeck F, Zitta S, Assadian O, Krause R, Wenisch C, Kovarik J
  Title
Ochrobactrum anthropi bloodstream infection complicating hemodialysis.
  Journal
Am J Kidney Dis 40:E17 (2002)
DOI:10.1053/ajkd.2002.35759
Reference
PMID:22099546
  Authors
Shrishrimal K
  Title
Recurrent Ochrobactrum anthropi and Shewanella putrefaciens bloodstream infection complicating hemodialysis.
  Journal
Hemodial Int 16:113-5 (2012)
DOI:10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00586.x
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