Sepsis caused by Raoultella terrigena
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Raoultella terrigena (previously known as Klebsiella terrigena) is a rarely encountered gram-negative bacterium and mainly reported as aquatic and soil organism. However, in 2007 the first human infection caused by this organism was reported in a 45-year-old patient who developed endocarditis due to R. terrigena post liver transplant. No other case reports of infections caused by this organism have been published, and the clinical spectrum of diseases caused by this organism is unknown. The correct identification of R. terrigena is not easily accomplished in most clinical microbiology laboratories, and isolates can be easily misidentified as Klebsiella pneumoniae or other Klebsiella species. We describe a patient with sepsis with a primary infection by R. terrigena.
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