Ochrobactrum species are closely related to Brucella species

Taxonomy
Family: Brucellaceae
Genus: Brucella anthropi
Formely: Ochrobactrum anthropi

Natural habitat
Commonly found in soil and water or in hospital environment,

Clinical significance
Cases of pathogenic O. anthropi are rare.

Infections usually take place through the use of contaminated equipment, or in the hospital wounds obtained by the application of catheters and the like.

This is probably due to the ability to attach itself to plastic. The severity of the infection which then occurs is dependent on the host. It can be a bacterieëmie, sepsis, to cause septic shock.