An outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream infection and clinical outcomes
Author(s) -
Şirin Menekşe,
Demet Hacıseyitoğlu,
Serap Süzük Yıldız,
Fatma Bayrakdar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.15159
Subject(s) - outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , ralstonia , multilocus sequence typing , blood culture , bacteremia , biology , typing , genotyping , virology , medicine , bacteria , genotype , antibiotics , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Ralstonia pickettii infections are rare and may be mistaken for other bacteria. This study aims to report a hospital outbreak of R. pickettii at a tertiary hospital, which was initially misidentified as Ralstonia insidiosa, along with its clinical consequences.
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