title: Raoultella ornithinolytica bacteremia in an infant with visceral heterotaxy.
abstract: A case of Raoultella ornithinolytica bacteremia in an infant with visceral heterotaxy is reported. Physical examination was remarkable for markedly red skin flushing, not unlike that seen during histamine fish poisoning. R. ornithinolytica is a histamine-producing bacterium recently elucidated as a major cause of histamine fish poisoning. Only 2 other cases of human infection by R. ornithinolytica have been reported.
authors.affiliation: Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. nmau@usc.edu
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mau
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014781:Viscera / Q000002:abnormalities*