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Oerskovia xanthineolytica: a new pathogen in bone marrow transplantation
P Ellerbroek1, S Kuipers, M Rozenberg-Arska
1Department of Hematology and Microbiology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bone Marrow Transplantation
|September 11, 1998
Abstract:
A 53-year-old woman with non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent an autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT). Incomplete reconstitution necessitated the use of a long-term central venous catheter. One year after BMT she presented with fever. Echocardiography revealed vegetations on the tricuspid valve. Gram-positive rods grown from blood cultures and catheter tip were identified as Oerskovia xanthineolytica. We report the first case of native valve endocarditis caused by this organism.