A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - O. anthropi (previously CDC Achromobacter group Vd), O. intermedium
Associated infections - bacteraemia, endophthalmitis, liver abscess - reported association with nosocomial infections in debilitated patients
Reported susceptibilities and therapies - imipenem, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides
References - Holmes, B., Popoff, M., Kiridjian, M., Kersters, K. (1988). Ochrobactrum anthropi gen. nov., sp. nov. from human clinical specimens and previously known as group Vd. Int. J. syst. bacteriol. 38, 406-416. - Moller, L.V.M., Arends, J.P., Harmsen, H.J.M., Talens, A., Terpstra, P., Slooff, M.J.H. (1999). Ochrobactrum intermedium infection after liver transplantation. J. clin. Microbiol. 37, 241-244.
