The Role of a Rapid Prevention of Ralstonia pickettii Growth during Dialysis in a Frail Patient

Abstract

Ralstonia pickettii is an opportunistic bacillus found in Pseudomonas species, with the ability to induce systemic infections. We report the case of a 69-year-old man, with a clinical history of myeloma, Type IIdiabetes, renal failure (grade IV), and colon cancer, that developed a severe bacterial infection, with acute asthenia and a fever, that appeared at the end of dialysis. Using theMALDI-TOF technology, the bacillus Ralstonia pickettii was identified, and an antimicrobial treatment was quickly started with a rapid microbiological remission.