@article{Ramos Oliveira_Costa Monteiro_Rodrigues_Soares_2022, place={Lisbon, Portugal}, title={Fever in a Patient with a Central Venous Catheter Colonized by Pandoraea pnomenusa}, volume={36}, url={https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16176}, DOI={10.20344/amp.16176}, abstractNote={<p><em>Pandoraea</em> species are a newly described genus of multidrug-resistant, non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli, mainly isolated from sputum samples of cystic fibrosis patients. In immunocompromised patients or with high antibiotic selective pressure, these pathogens are generally opportunistic and invasive. Although <em>Pandoraea</em> spp. are rare, the true incidence of these infections may be underestimated due to difficulties in microbial identification by phenotypic methods. We present the case of a 51-year-old woman, with new-onset fever after a prolonged hospitalization and multiple courses of antibiotics. Mass spectrometry assays identified <em>Pandoraea pnomenusa</em> in the blood cultures taken from the central venous catheter and in the catheter tip. Fever cessation after catheter removal suggests a catheter-related bloodstream infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first isolation of a <em>Pandoraea</em> spp. in Portugal, which should raise awareness to the emergence of these opportunistic and multidrug-resistant microorganisms, and the importance of its prompt identification.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Acta Médica Portuguesa}, author={Ramos Oliveira, Susana and Costa Monteiro, Isabel and Rodrigues, Cristina and Soares, Maria João}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={127–130} }