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J Med Microbiol 55 (2006), 1453-1456; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46411-0
© 2006 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Primary bacteraemia caused by Rhizobium radiobacter in a patient with solid tumours

G. B. Christakis1, P. Alexaki1, A. S. Alivizatos2, I. Chalkiopoulou1, A. E. Athanasiou3 and I. K. Zarkadis4

1 ,3 Department of Microbiology1 and First Department of Medical Oncology3 , METAXA Cancer Hospital, 51 Botassi Street, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece

2 Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece

4 Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 265 00 Rion Patras, Greece

Correspondence
G. B. Christakis
chri-kis{at}hol.gr

Received 11 November 2005
Accepted 10 July 2006

A case of Rhizobium radiobacter primary bacteraemia in a patient with solid tumours is reported. Corticosteroid therapy and diabetes mellitus were the predisposing factors. The patient was treated successfully with amikacin and piperacillin/tazobactam. The clinical isolate was identified as R. radiobacter by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Phytopathogenicity tests and a PCR assay demonstrated that the organism was not a plant pathogen.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence reported in this paper is AM157353.






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