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Catheter-related bacteremia due to Roseomonas species in pediatric hematology/oncology patients.

McLean TW, Rouster-Stevens K, Woods CR, Shetty AK

Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. tmclean@wfubmc.edu

Roseomonas is a newly described genus of pink-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria. Human infections caused by Roseomonas species are very rare. We report two cases of central venous catheter-related bacteremia associated with Roseomonas species (one case with R. gilardii and one with R. fauriae), and review the clinical spectrum of previously reported cases in the literature. Clinicals should be aware that Roseomonas species may cause serious infections in children.

Published 21 February 2006 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 46(4): 514-6.
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