A Case of Bacteremic Cholangitis Caused by Flavobacterium odoratum.
- Author:
Seong Kyu LEE
1
;
Nam Yong LEE
;
Kyong Ran PECK
;
Sungmin KIM
;
Jae Hoon SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Flavobacterium odoratum;
Bacteremic cholangitis;
Blood, Bile
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adenocarcinoma;
Aminoglycosides;
Bile;
Cephalosporins;
Cholangitis*;
Common Bile Duct;
Fever;
Flavobacterium*;
Humans;
Imipenem;
Jaundice;
Sputum;
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1999;31(2):163-166
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Flavobacterium odoratum is an obligately aerobic, gram-negative, non-fermentative rod. It has been infrequently isolated from urine, stool, wound, sputum, and blood specimens, but clinical infections caused by this organism are extremely rare. We report a case of bacteremic cholangitis caused by F. odoratum. The organism was simultaneously isolated in blood and bile from a patient, who had fever, sustained jaundice and abdominal pain with adenocarcinoma of the common bile duct. The isolated organism showed the typical biochemical characteristics. The results of antimicrobial sensitivity test showed resistance to aminoglycosides and cephalosporins but susceptibility to imipenem and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
