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Post-ERCP bacteremia caused by Alcaligenes xylosoxidans in a patient with pancreas cancer

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (2006) 5
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-5-19
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Abstract

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is an aerobic, motile, oxidase and catalase positive, nonfermentative Gram negative bacillus. This bacterium has been isolated from intestine of humans and from various hospital or environmental water sources. Axylosoxidans is both waterborne and results from the poor-hygienic conditions healthcare workers are in. In this case report, the bacteremia which appeared in a patient with pancreas cancer after ERCP was described. © 2006 Yilmaz et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Yilmaz, G., Aydin, K., Koksal, I., Caylan, R., Akcay, K., & Arslan, M. (2006). Post-ERCP bacteremia caused by Alcaligenes xylosoxidans in a patient with pancreas cancer. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-5-19

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