Recurrent Septic Arthritis Due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans in a Patient With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis.

Authors :: Patel PK
von Keudell A
Moroder P
Appleton P
Wigmore R
Rodriguez EK
Source :: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2015 Sep 28; Vol. 2 (4), pp. ofv145. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 28 (Print Publication: 2015).
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: We report a case of recurrent Achromobacter xylosoxidans infections including bacteremia, sepsis, septic joints and endocarditis in a 72 year old female with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Achromobacter xylosoxidans is a gram negative bacteria increasingly identified in immunocompromised patients. Surgical and medical therapy may need to be combined.

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