| Summary points: | A 75-year-old Japanese woman who had received haemodialysis 3 times a week for 3 years due to end-stage kidney disease was referred because of spiking fever with chills after haemodialysis sessions over 2 weeks. Physical examination, laboratory data, chest x-ray, gallium scintigraphy, brain, chest, and abdomen computed tomography, antibiotic therapy, and post-treatment outcomes are described. The authors discuss a unique case of catheter-related bacteremia caused by Agrobacterium radiobacter, in a patient receiving chronic hemodialysis with a tunneled-cuffed hemodialysis catheter. |
Catheter-related Bacteremia Caused by Agrobacterium radiobacter in a Hemodialysis Patient
