Predominant association of Raoultella bacteremia with diseases of the biliary tract

Eefje de Jong; Sandra Erkens-Hulshof; Lieven B J van der Velden; Andreas Voss; Ron Bosboom; Caspar J Hodiamont; Peter C Wever; Rob J Rentenaar; Patrick D Sturm

doi:10.3109/00365548.2013.857044

Predominant association of Raoultella bacteremia with diseases of the biliary tract

Scand J Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;46(2):141-3. doi: 10.3109/00365548.2013.857044. Epub 2013 Dec 11.

Authors

Eefje de Jong¹, Sandra Erkens-Hulshof, Lieven B J van der Velden, Andreas Voss, Ron Bosboom, Caspar J Hodiamont, Peter C Wever, Rob J Rentenaar, Patrick D Sturm

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center , Nijmegen.

PMID: 24325334
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.857044

Abstract

A case series of 14 patients with Raoultella bacteremia was compared with 28 Klebsiella oxytoca and 28 Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia cases. Forty-three percent of Raoultella bacteremia cases were associated with biliary tract disease, compared to 32% and 22% of patients with K. oxytoca and K. pneumoniae bacteremia, respectively.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia / epidemiology
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Biliary Tract Diseases / complications*
Biliary Tract Diseases / epidemiology
Biliary Tract Diseases / microbiology*
Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies