Catheter-related Bacteremia Caused by Comamonas Testosteroni in a Hemodialysis Patient

Overview

Journal Hemodial Int

Date 2011 Jan 13

PMID 21223488

Citations 15

Authors

William Nseir

Julnar Khateeb

Mohammad Awawdeh

Murad Ghali

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

Comamonas testosteroni has rarely been implicated as a human pathogen. In general, the outcome of C. testosteroni infections is favorable. We report a case of fatal bacteremia caused by C. testosteroni in a 64-year-old woman on hemodialysis.

Citing Articles

Bacteria of Zoonotic Interest Identified on Edible Freshwater Fish Imported to Australia.

Williams M, Shamsi S, Williams T, Hernandez-Jover M Foods. 2023; 12(6).

PMID: 36981215 PMC: 10048124. DOI: 10.3390/foods12061288.

Pseudomonadota in the oral cavity: a glimpse into the environment-human nexus.

Leao I, Bento de Carvalho T, Henriques V, Ferreira C, Sampaio-Maia B, Manaia C Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2022; 107(2-3):517-534.

PMID: 36567346 PMC: 9842593. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12333-y.

A rare case of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Comamonas testosteroni.

Kuzniewicz R, Snit M, Szczyra D Semin Dial. 2022; 35(6):556-558.

PMID: 36330837 PMC: 10099144. DOI: 10.1111/sdi.13126.

The Emergence of the Genus as Important Opportunistic Pathogens.

Ryan M, Sevjahova L, Gorman R, White S Pathogens. 2022; 11(9).

PMID: 36145464 PMC: 9504711. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11091032.

Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia: A rare unusual pathogen detected in a burned patient: Case report and literature review.

Sammoni A, Abdalah A, Al-Aissami M Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022; 75:103371.

PMID: 35242322 PMC: 8857452. DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103371.