title: Clinical characteristics of Raoultella ornithinolytica bacteremia: a case series and literature review.
abstract: Raoultella ornithinolytica is a rare pathogen in human infection and bacteremic cases had been scarcely reported. For further comprehension of the rare infection, we summarized clinical characteristics of 6 cases that were detected at our medical facility and 5 cases from previous literature. The most common infectious focus was biliary infection and elderly patients with a history of any biliary intervention or malignancy were considered to be at a great risk for the infection. The prognosis of the patients was quite satisfactory. Bacterial identification in this report was performed on the basis of biochemical tests alone, and further investigations by molecular analysis are required to confirm our findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, 1756, Kawasaki, Tsuyama, Okayama 708-0841, Japan. Electronic address: staygold0320@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yuto
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haruki
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, 1756, Kawasaki, Tsuyama, Okayama 708-0841, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Microbiology Division, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, 1756, Kawasaki, Tsuyama, Okayama 708-0841, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, 1756, Kawasaki, Tsuyama, Okayama 708-0841, Japan.
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Bacteremia; Biliary infection; Histamine reaction; Raoultella ornithinolytica