Community-acquired infection to Raoultella ornithinolytica presenting as appendicitis and shock in a healthy individual
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Enteric fever-like syndrome caused by Raoultella ornithinolytica (Klebsiella ornithinolytica).
Raoultella ornithinolytica (formerly Klebsiella ornithinolytica) is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus in the family Enterobacteriaceae. This species has been related to histamine-producing bacteria causing subsequent fish poisoning (5). R. ornithinolytica has also been isolated from dentin of infected root canals (8). However, human infections caused by bacteria of the genus Raoultella are infre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjy097