Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature

Authors

  • Shohreh Farshad Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
  • Fatemeh Norouzi Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
  • Maneli Aminshahidi Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
  • Behzad Heidari Clinical Laboratory Research of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
  • Abdolvahab Alborzi Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.2215

Keywords:

Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia, Iran, case report

Abstract

Here we describe two cases of bacteremia caused by Comamonas testosteroni in two malignant patients, a 10-year-old boy with brain medulloblastoma and a 19-year-old girl with osteosarcoma admitted in the same hospital at short intervals. This is the first report in Iran on this low inherent virulence organism as a human pathogen.

Author Biographies

Shohreh Farshad, Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran. Telephone: +98-711-6474304 Fax: +98-711-6474303

Fatemeh Norouzi, Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran. Telephone: +98-711-6474304 Fax: +98-711-6474303

Maneli Aminshahidi, Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran.

Telephone: +98-711-6474304 Fax: +98-711-6474303

Behzad Heidari, Clinical Laboratory Research of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

Telephone: +98-711-6474304 Fax: +98-711-6474303

Abdolvahab Alborzi, Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran. Telephone: +98-711-6474304 Fax: +98-711-6474303

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Published

2012-01-26

How to Cite

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Farshad S, Norouzi F, Aminshahidi M, Heidari B, Alborzi A (2012) Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature. J Infect Dev Ctries 6:521–525. doi: 10.3855/jidc.2215

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 06: June 2012

Section

Case Reports

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