Open AccessBlood stream infection by an emerging pathogen Oligella ureolytica in a cancer patient: Case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Frincy Khandelwal Baruah,
Monica Jain,
Mamta Lodha,
Rajesh K. Grover
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.130928
Subject(s) - pathogen , isolation (microbiology) , blood stream , medicine , antibiotics , blood culture , pneumonia , adenocarcinoma , cancer , lymph node , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology
Oligella ureolytica is an emerging bacteria rarely implicated as a human pathogen. It is infrequently recovered from clinical specimens probably because of inadequate processing of non-fermenting oxidase positive Gram negative bacilli. We present here a case of a 30 year old male suffering from right lung adenocarcinoma (moderately differentiated) with multiple abdominal lymph node metastasis with Syringohydromyelia whose blood culture yielded Oligella ureolytica in pure culture. Oligella ureolytica isolation in pure culture and the patient's response to targeted treatment supported that Oligella ureolytica was the true causative agent of the blood stream infection. Early suspicion, diagnosis and treatment with potent antibiotics are needed to prevent further complications resulting from infection with this emerging pathogen.