Achromobacter xylosoxidans can cause various types of infections, but its infection in humans is rare. A. xylosoxidans has been reported as a rare etiological agent of infections including primary bacteremia, catheter-related bloodstream infection, endocarditis, otitis, and pneumonia, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. We encountered a case of septic shock caused by A. xylosoxidans in a 52-year-old, immunocompetent woman with no underlying disease, who received extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy to remove a left upper ureteral stone. She was treated with antibiotics to which the organism was susceptible but died as a result of septic shock.
Infection & chemotherapy. 2016 Mar 31 [Epub]
Jae Hyuk Lee, So Yon Lee, In Young Park, So Yeon Park, Jin Seo Lee, Goeun Kang, Jae Seok Kim, Joong Sik Eom
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