Blood stream infection by an emerging pathogen Oligella ureolytica in a cancer patient: Case report and review of literature.
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2014-01
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Oligella ureolytica is an emerging bacteria rarely implicated as a human
pathogen. It is infrequently recovered from clinical specimens probably because
of inadequate processing of non-fermenting oxidase positive Gram negative
bacilli. We present here a case of a 30 year old male suffering from right lung
adenocarcinoma (moderately differentiated) with multiple abdominal lymph
node metastasis with Syringohydromyelia whose blood culture yielded Oligella
ureolytica in pure culture. Oligella ureolytica isolation in pure culture and the
patient’s response to targeted treatment supported that Oligella ureolytica was
the true causative agent of the blood stream infection. Early suspicion, diagnosis
and treatment with potent antibiotics are needed to prevent further complications
resulting from infection with this emerging pathogen.
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Blood stream infections, Oligella ureolytica, immunocompromised
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Baruah Frincy K, Jain Monica, Lodha Mamta, Grover Rajesh K. Blood stream infection by an emerging pathogen Oligella ureolytica in a cancer patient: Case report and review of literature. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2014 Jan-Mar 57 (1): 141-143.