Bloodstream infection with Oligella ureolytica: a case report and review of the literature

Alberto Pagotto; Sonia Merluzzi; Paolo Pillinini; Marica Valeri

Bloodstream infection with Oligella ureolytica: a case report and review of the literature

Infez Med. 2016;24(1):58-61.

Authors

Alberto Pagotto¹, Sonia Merluzzi², Paolo Pillinini³, Marica Valeri³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, S. Antonio Abate Hospital, Tolmezzo, Udine.
² Department of Microbiology, S. Antonio Abate Hospital, Tolmezzo, Udine.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, S. Antonio Abate Hospital, Tolmezzo, Udine.

PMID: 27031899

Abstract

Oligella ureolytica is an emerging bacteria rarely implicated as a human pathogen. It is mostly recovered from urinary and respiratory tract specimens as a commensal organism, but very seldom from bloodstream infections. It is rarely reported in the literature, probably due to misidentification of the organism or uncertainty of its pathogenicity.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Alcaligenaceae / isolation & purification*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives
Penicillanic Acid / therapeutic use
Piperacillin / therapeutic use
Risk Factors
Tazobactam
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Penicillanic Acid
Tazobactam
Piperacillin