A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Aeromonas hydrophila (AH) is an aquatic bacterium. We present a case of fifty-five-year-old gentleman with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to crescentic IgA nephropathy who presented to us with fever. He was recently pulsed with methyl prednisolone followed by oral prednisolone and discharged on ma...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Abdur Rehman, Waqar Uddin Kashif, Manickam Rangasami, Jackson Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/735194
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author Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil
Abdur Rehman
Waqar Uddin Kashif
Manickam Rangasami
Jackson Tan
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description Aeromonas hydrophila (AH) is an aquatic bacterium. We present a case of fifty-five-year-old gentleman with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to crescentic IgA nephropathy who presented to us with fever. He was recently pulsed with methyl prednisolone followed by oral prednisolone and discharged on maintenance dialysis through a double lumen dialysis catheter. Blood culture from peripheral vein and double lumen dialysis catheter grew AH. We speculate low immunity due to steroids and uremia along with touch contamination of dialysis catheter by the patient or dialysis nurse could have led to this rare infection. Dialysis catheter related infection by AH is rare. We present our case here and take the opportunity to give a brief review of AH infections in CKD patients.
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spelling doaj-art-313bd2f880be4303a332faf64d16d61c2025-08-20T03:55:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/735194735194A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease PatientsMuhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil0Abdur Rehman1Waqar Uddin Kashif2Manickam Rangasami3Jackson Tan4Section of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, PakistanSection of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, PakistanSection of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, PakistanDepartment of Nephrology, Kuala Belait Hospital, Kuala Belait KA1131, Brunei DarussalamDepartment of Nephrology, RIPAS Hospital, Bander Seri Begwan BA1710, Brunei DarussalamAeromonas hydrophila (AH) is an aquatic bacterium. We present a case of fifty-five-year-old gentleman with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to crescentic IgA nephropathy who presented to us with fever. He was recently pulsed with methyl prednisolone followed by oral prednisolone and discharged on maintenance dialysis through a double lumen dialysis catheter. Blood culture from peripheral vein and double lumen dialysis catheter grew AH. We speculate low immunity due to steroids and uremia along with touch contamination of dialysis catheter by the patient or dialysis nurse could have led to this rare infection. Dialysis catheter related infection by AH is rare. We present our case here and take the opportunity to give a brief review of AH infections in CKD patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/735194
spellingShingle Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil
Abdur Rehman
Waqar Uddin Kashif
Manickam Rangasami
Jackson Tan
A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Case Reports in Nephrology
title A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
title_full A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
title_short A Rare Case of Aeromonas Hydrophila Catheter Related Sepsis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Steroids and Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of Aeromonas Infections in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
title_sort rare case of aeromonas hydrophila catheter related sepsis in a patient with chronic kidney disease receiving steroids and dialysis a case report and review of aeromonas infections in chronic kidney disease patients
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/735194
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