AUTHOR=Tang Ruizhi , Wang Jing , Zhan Yu , Wu Kaifu , Wang Hui , Lu Zhongxin 

TITLE=Hemodialysis catheter-related infection caused by Pannonibacter phragmitetus: a rare case report in China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.926154

DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2022.926154

ISSN=2235-2988

ABSTRACT=<p><italic>Pannonibacter phragmitetus</italic> (<italic>P. phragmitetus</italic>) is rarely related with human disease. We reported a case of catheter-related infection caused by <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic> in a 68-year-old woman on hemodialysis. The patient developed recurrent fever during hemodialysis and blood cultures were positive for <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic>. The patient’s body temperature returned to normal after intravenous cefoperazone/sulbactam treatment, and the hemodialysis catheter was locked with gentamicin and urokinase. The potential anti-infective treatment against <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic> was discussed.</p>