Infective endocarditis caused by an unusual gram-negative rod, Rahnella aquatilis

Pediatr Cardiol. 1996 Mar-Apr;17(2):108-11. doi: 10.1007/BF02505093.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / pharmacology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Josamycin / therapeutic use
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Piperacillin / therapeutic use
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / complications*
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Josamycin
  • Piperacillin