Isolation of Raoultella ornithinolytica in a HIV positive patient with a lung abscess

A 38 year old male HIV positive patient with a history of intravenous drug use presented with chest pains, cough, sputum and weight loss and radiology demonstrated the evolution of a right basal lung abscess. A lung biopsy sent for 16S rRNA analysis and sputum cultured about the same time demonstrat...

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Autores principales: Hinchcliffe, Nicola, Benbow, Aled, Moshiri, Tara, Thompson, Jonathan, Venkatesan, Pradhib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2022
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36004361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000365
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Sumario:A 38 year old male HIV positive patient with a history of intravenous drug use presented with chest pains, cough, sputum and weight loss and radiology demonstrated the evolution of a right basal lung abscess. A lung biopsy sent for 16S rRNA analysis and sputum cultured about the same time demonstrated Raoultella ornithinolytica . No other causative pathogens were clearly identified. He gradually improved with a 4 week course of intravenous cefazolin. R. ornithinolytica is a rare, but recognised pathogen.

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