A case of severe pancreatitis complicated by Raoultella planticola infection.
A 45-year-old-male presented with severe pancreatitis. Two bacterial isolates obtained from peritoneal fluid and abdominal purulent secretion were identified to the species level by 15 biochemical tests and four supplementary tests as Raoultella planticola. Identification was confirmed by rpoB gene sequencing. R. planticola is difficult to identify in the clinical laboratory, and the clinical significance of this isolation remains uncharacterized. This is the first report of pancreatitis with a primary infection by R. planticola.
Alves
M S
MS
Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil.|Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Faculdade de Farmácia e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Campus Universitário, Bairro Martelos, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil.
Riley
L W
LW
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Moreira
B M
BM
Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil.
D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit