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RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Raoultella |
| Species: | Raoultella ornithinolytica |
| Description: | Gram-negative aerobic bacillus in the family Enterobacteriaceae. |
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| Source: | Isolated from food |
| Pathogenicity: | R. ornithinolytica is an underreported, emerging hospital-acquired infection and is particularly associated with invasive procedures. Raoultella ornithinolytica pneumonia and pleural effusion were observed in 24% of cases.Cases of osteomyelitis, meningitis, and cerebral abscess are reported for the first time.Its a major infectious agent in humans causing sepsis,enteric fever like syndrome,etc. |
| Genbank: | NZ_FTLF00000000.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 5.6 |
| GC %: | 55.6 |
| Genes: | 5,531 |
| CDS Number: | 5,416 |
| Reference: | Emerging role of Raoultella ornithinolytica in human infections: a series of cases and review of the literature Piseth Seng'Correspondence information about the author Piseth SengEmail the author Piseth Seng, Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Fanny Romain,Frédérique Gouriet, Nicolas Bruder, Claude Martin, Franck Paganelli, Emmanuelle Bernit, Yves Patrice Le Treut, Pascal Thomas, Laurent Papazian, Didier Raoult, Andreas Stein |
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