Raoultella ornithinolytica bacteremia in cancer patients: report of three cases

Intern Med. 2012;51(22):3193-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.8349. Epub 2012 Nov 15.

Abstract

Raoultella ornithinolytica is a Gram-negative aerobic bacillus reclassified in the new genus from the Klebsiella species based on new genetic approaches; however, human infections caused by R. ornithinolytica are rare. We herein report three cases of R. ornithinolytica bacteremia associated with biliary tract infections in cancer patients. R. ornithinolytica can be a causative pathogen of biliary tract infection in cancer patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / complications
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / microbiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae / classification
  • Enterobacteriaceae / pathogenicity
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / complications*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications*