Raoultella spp.—clinical significance, infections and susceptibility to antibiotics

The genus Raoultella belongs to the family of Enterobacteriaceae . Raoultella spp. are Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile rods. This genus can be distinguished from the genus Klebsiella , in that genus use histamine as the only source of carbon in the medium. Also, Raoultella grow at 4 °C and do not...

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Published in:	Folia microbiologica Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 221 - 227
Main Author:	Skowska, Alicja
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-05-2017 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antibiotics Applied Microbiology Bacteremia - epidemiology Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteremia - pathology Bacteriological Techniques Biomedical and Life Sciences Cholecystitis - epidemiology Cholecystitis - microbiology Cholecystitis - pathology Drug Resistance, Bacterial Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae - drug effects Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification Enterobacteriaceae - physiology Enterobacteriaceae Infections - epidemiology Enterobacteriaceae Infections - microbiology Enterobacteriaceae Infections - pathology Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Gastrointestinal diseases Gastrointestinal tract Gram-negative bacteria Humans Immunology Infections Klebsiella Life Sciences Microbiology Natural environment Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology Opportunistic Infections - microbiology Opportunistic Infections - pathology Pneumonia, Bacterial - epidemiology Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology Pneumonia, Bacterial - pathology Raoultella Raoultella ornithinolytica Raoultella planticola Respiratory tract Infections Antibiotics Occurrence Mechanisms of resistance Raoultella
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Summary:	The genus Raoultella belongs to the family of Enterobacteriaceae . Raoultella spp. are Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile rods. This genus can be distinguished from the genus Klebsiella , in that genus use histamine as the only source of carbon in the medium. Also, Raoultella grow at 4 °C and do not produce gas from lactose at 44.5 °C. Raoultella sp. is known to inhabit natural environments (water, soil, plants). The reservoir of Raoultella is the gastrointestinal tract and upper respiratory tract. Raoultella spp. are opportunistic bacteria, which usually cause infections of the biliary tract, pneumonia and bacteraemia in oncologic and with lower immunity patients. Raoultella planticola and Raoultella ornithinolytica are the most frequently encountered human pathogens among the genus Raoultella . In this review, the current knowledge on Raoultella infections is summarized.
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ISSN:	0015-5632 1874-9356
DOI:	10.1007/s12223-016-0490-7