1. Bacteremia Caused by Raoultella ornithinolytica in Two Children
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Akihisa Okumura, Toshinori Hori, Yasuto Shimomura, Atsuko Iwata, Yuka Yamagishi, Kenji Miyata, Kiyoshi Yamakawa, and Hiroshige Mikamo
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030106 microbiology ,Antibiotics ,Enterobacter ,Bacteremia ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Methylprednisolone ,Nephropathy ,Immunocompromised Host ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Blood culture ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Chemotherapy ,Leukopenia ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Enterobacteriaceae Infections ,Glomerulonephritis, IGA ,medicine.disease ,Raoultella ornithinolytica ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Leukemia ,Treatment Outcome ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Drug Therapy, Combination ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
We encountered 2 immunocompromised children complicated by Raoultella ornithinolytica bacteremia. One had received methylprednisolone pulse therapy for IgA nephropathy, and the other had leukopenia because of chemotherapy for leukemia. Both children had no specific symptoms, and R. ornithinolytica bacteremia was identified by routine blood culture. Both patients were successfully treated with antibiotic treatment.
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- 2016
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