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Raoultella ornithinolytica Diagnosed in a Neurointensive Patient. A Rare Case with Recovery without Antibiotics Cover

Raoultella ornithinolytica Diagnosed in a Neurointensive Patient. A Rare Case with Recovery without Antibiotics

Open Access
|Aug 2017

Abstract

Infection with Raoultella ornithinolytica is rare and normally the infection is present in patients with underlying malignancies or chronic diseases. It is normally treated with antibiotics. In this case report, a neuro-intensive patient without malignancies or other severe chronic diseases was colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa but infected with Raoultella ornithinolyca. The patient recovered without treatment with antibiotics.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
Language: English
Page range: 120 - 122
Submitted on: Jan 5, 2017
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Accepted on: May 5, 2017
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Published on: Aug 19, 2017
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2017 Marlene Ersgaard Jellinge, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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