A case of Raoultella ornithinolytica urinary tract infection in a pediatric patient |
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| Authors: | Ayşe Büyükcam Ümran Liste Asiye Bıçakçıgil Ateş Kara Banu Sancak |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Turkey;2. Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Raoultella ornithinolytica is a Gram-negative, non-motile, encapsulated, biofilm producing, facultative aerobic bacillus and is found in natural environment. Human infections with R.ornithinolytica is rare in children with only five cases having been reported previously. The present case report describes an urinary tract infection caused by R. ornithinolytica that was identified by MALDI-TOF MS and successfully treated with antibiotic therapy in a 6.5-year-old female child. |
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| Keywords: | Corresponding author. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Child Urinary tract infection |
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