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First report of neonatal bacteraemia caused by blaNDM-1 Raoultella ornithinolytica
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases | Vol 32, No 2 | a52 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v32i2.52
| © 2019 Yesholata Mahabeer, Ashika Singh-Moodley, Harshavadan Mackanjee, Olga Perovic, Koleka P. Mlisana
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 14 May 2019 | Published: 01 July 2017
Submitted: 14 May 2019 | Published: 01 July 2017
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Yesholata Mahabeer, Department of Medical Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Services, Durban, South Africa; School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaAshika Singh-Moodley, Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Harshavadan Mackanjee, Department of Paediatrics, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa
Olga Perovic, Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Koleka P. Mlisana, Department of Medical Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Services, Durban, South Africa; School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Raoultella ornitholytica, an environmental organism, has only recently been reported as a cause of infections in humans, and is associated mainly with bacteraemia in elderly patients. Carbapenem resistance is unusual in Raoultella spp. We describe the first paediatric case of blaNDM-1 Raoultella ornitholytica bacteraemia in a preterm neonate that developed three days after hospitalisation. This case report discusses a rare organism that had an unexpected susceptibility profile and caused bacteraemia in a neonate. Treatment options are explored.
Keywords
bacteraemia; blaNDM-1; carbapenemase; neonate; Raoultella ornithinolytica
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