A Case of Septic Shock caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans in an Immunocompetent Female Patient after Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for a Ureteral Stone.
- Author:
Jae Hyuk LEE
1
;
So Yon LEE
;
In Young PARK
;
So Yeon PARK
;
Jin Seo LEE
;
Goeun KANG
;
Jae Seok KIM
;
Joong Sik EOM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Achromobacter xylosoxidans; Septic shock; Immunocompetent
- MeSH: Achromobacter denitrificans*; Achromobacter*; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteremia; Endocarditis; Female*; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Lithotripsy*; Middle Aged; Otitis; Pneumonia; Shock*; Shock, Septic*; Ureter*
- From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2016;48(1):47-50
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: 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.
