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Infective endocarditis caused by an unusual gram-negative rod, Rahnella aquatilis
H Matsukura1, K Katayama, N Kitano
1Department of Pediatrics, National Sanatorium Toyama Hospital, Japan.
Pediatric Cardiology
|March 1, 1996
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.