TY - JOUR
T1 - Raoultella planticola bacteremia-induced fatal septic shock following burn injury
AU - Yumoto, Tetsuya
AU - Naito, Hiromichi
AU - Ihoriya, Hiromi
AU - Tsukahara, Kohei
AU - Ota, Tomoyuki
AU - Watanabe, Toshiyuki
AU - Nakao, Atsunori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/5/4
Y1 - 2018/5/4
N2 - Background: Raoultella planticola, a Gram-negative, aerobic bacillus commonly isolated from soil and water, rarely causes invasive infections in humans. Septic shock from R. planticola after burn injury has not been previously reported. Case presentation: A 79-year-old male was admitted to the emergency intensive care unit after extensive flame burn injury. He accidently caught fire while burning trash and plunged into a nearby tank filled with contaminated rainwater to extinguish the fire. The patient developed septic shock on day 10. The blood culture detected R. planticola, which was identified using the VITEK-2 biochemical identification system. Although appropriate antibiotic treatment was continued, the patient died on day 12. Conclusions: Clinicians should be aware of fatal infections in patients with burn injury complicated by exposure to contaminated water.
AB - Background: Raoultella planticola, a Gram-negative, aerobic bacillus commonly isolated from soil and water, rarely causes invasive infections in humans. Septic shock from R. planticola after burn injury has not been previously reported. Case presentation: A 79-year-old male was admitted to the emergency intensive care unit after extensive flame burn injury. He accidently caught fire while burning trash and plunged into a nearby tank filled with contaminated rainwater to extinguish the fire. The patient developed septic shock on day 10. The blood culture detected R. planticola, which was identified using the VITEK-2 biochemical identification system. Although appropriate antibiotic treatment was continued, the patient died on day 12. Conclusions: Clinicians should be aware of fatal infections in patients with burn injury complicated by exposure to contaminated water.
KW - Burn
KW - Raoultella planticola
KW - Sepsis
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U2 - 10.1186/s12941-018-0270-0
DO - 10.1186/s12941-018-0270-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 29728100
AN - SCOPUS:85046432773
VL - 17
JO - Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
JF - Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
SN - 1476-0711
IS - 1
M1 - 19
ER -
