Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia: A retrospective review of records

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 IMMUNOLOGY

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100786

Anjely Sebastian , Nitin Gupta , Barnini Banerjee , K.E. Vandana , Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay , Tirlangi Praveen Kumar , Muralidhar Varma

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Abstract

Introduction

Ralstonia pickettii is a non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus rarely associated with hospital-acquired infections. The study aimed to characterise the clinical profile and outcomes of R. pickettii bacteremia cases.

Methodology

We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records to collect the details of the clinical profile and outcomes of patients with R. pickettii bacteremia between March and November 2021.

Results

Twenty-four patients were found to have Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia between March and May 2021. The cases were distributed across the hospital. All isolates were found to have similar antimicrobial susceptibility. The same organism with similar susceptibility was found to be in distilled water used to prepare in-house disinfectant and antiseptic agents. Commercial preparations replaced in-house solutions all over the hospital as a corrective measure. The distilled water tank was renovated, and repeat samples were found to be satisfactory. There were no further reports of Ralstonia pickettii between May and November 2021.

Conclusion

We report this to highlight the possibility of infection with this rare pathogen and to increase awareness of the importance of appropriate infection control measures.

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皮氏Ralstonia菌血症：记录的回顾性回顾。

简介：皮氏Ralstonia pickettii是一种非发酵革兰氏阴性杆菌很少与医院获得性感染相关。该研究的目的是表征的临床概况和结果的皮氏梭菌菌血症病例。方法：我们回顾性地回顾了医院记录，以收集2021年3月至11月期间pickettir菌血症患者的临床概况和结局的详细信息。结果：在2021年3月至5月期间，发现24例患者患有皮氏Ralstonia菌血症。这些病例分布在整个医院。所有分离株均具有相似的抗菌敏感性。在用于制备室内消毒剂和抗菌剂的蒸馏水中发现了具有相似敏感性的同一生物。作为一项纠正措施，商业制剂取代了整个医院的内部解决方案。对蒸馏水罐进行了翻新，重复取样合格。2021年5月至11月期间没有进一步的报道。结论：我们报告这一结果是为了强调这种罕见病原体感染的可能性，并提高人们对适当感染控制措施重要性的认识。

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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology IMMUNOLOGY-

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2.20

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0.00%

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154

审稿时长

73 days

期刊介绍： Manuscripts of high standard in the form of original research, multicentric studies, meta analysis, are accepted. Current reports can be submitted as brief communications. Case reports must include review of current literature, clinical details, outcome and follow up. Letters to the editor must be a comment on or pertain to a manuscript already published in the IJMM or in relation to preliminary communication of a larger study. Review articles, Special Articles or Guest Editorials are accepted on invitation.