title: Rahnella aquatilis sepsis in an immunocompetent adult.
abstract: Rahnella aquatilis, a rare enteric gram-negative rod which is infrequently isolated in immunocompromised patients, was isolated as a causative organism of sepsis in a 26-year-old immunocompetent male patient. The contaminated intravenous fluid was confirmed to be the source of the organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Son
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D020638:Rahnella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*