A rare and emerging pathogen: Raoultella planticola identification based on 16S rRNA in an infant

• Main Authors: Serkan Atıcı (Author), Zeynep Alp Ünkar (Author), Sevliya Öcal Demir (Author), Gülşen Akkoç (Author), Nurhayat Yakut (Author), Şerife Yılmaz (Author), Kübra Erdem (Author), Aslı Çınar Memişoğlu (Author), Nurver Ülger (Author), Ahmet Soysal (Author), Eren Özek (Author), Mustafa Bakır (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Raoultella planticola is rarely associated with clinical infection, and a limited number of pediatric cases have been reported. Herein we report a case of bacteremia presumptively secondary to bilateral conjunctivitis in an infant caused by R. planticola which was successfully treated with piperacil...