Matsukura H, Katayama K, Kitano N, Kobayashi K, Kanegane C, Higuchi A, Kyotani S
Department of Pediatrics, National Sanatorium Toyama Hospital, Japan.
Pediatr Cardiol. 1996 Mar-Apr;17(2):108-11. doi: 10.1007/BF02505093.
An 11-month-old girl with congenital heart disease developed infective endocarditis. Blood cultures revealed an unusual gram-negative rod, Rahnella aquatilis. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of netilmicin and ceftazidime. This is the first case report of infective endocarditis caused by this organism. R. aquatilis should be recognized as a clinical pathogen capable of causing life-threatening infection in children and adults.
一名患有先天性心脏病的11个月大女孩患上了感染性心内膜炎。血培养显示出一种不常见的革兰氏阴性杆菌——水生拉恩菌。该患者通过奈替米星和头孢他啶联合治疗成功治愈。这是首例由该病原体引起的感染性心内膜炎病例报告。水生拉恩菌应被视为一种能够在儿童和成人中引起危及生命感染的临床病原体。