Polymicrobial ventriculitis involving Pseudomonas fulva

Paulina A Rebolledo; Catphuong Cathy L Vu; Renee Donahue Carlson; Colleen S Kraft; Evan J Anderson; Eileen M Burd

doi:10.1128/JCM.03545-13

Polymicrobial ventriculitis involving Pseudomonas fulva

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun;52(6):2239-41. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03545-13. Epub 2014 Mar 19.

Authors

Paulina A Rebolledo¹, Catphuong Cathy L Vu², Renee Donahue Carlson³, Colleen S Kraft¹, Evan J Anderson⁴, Eileen M Burd⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA eburd@emory.edu.

Abstract

Infections due to Pseudomonas fulva remain a rare but emerging concern. A case of ventriculitis due to Enterobacter cloacae and Pseudomonas fulva following placement of an external ventricular drain is described. Similar to other reports, the organism was initially misidentified as Pseudomonas putida. The infection was successfully treated with levofloxacin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cerebral Ventriculitis / diagnosis*
Cerebral Ventriculitis / drug therapy
Cerebral Ventriculitis / microbiology*
Coinfection / diagnosis*
Coinfection / drug therapy
Coinfection / microbiology*
Enterobacter cloacae / isolation & purification
Female
Humans
Levofloxacin / therapeutic use
Microbiological Techniques
Middle Aged
Pseudomonas putida / isolation & purification*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Levofloxacin