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. 2020 Apr 15;13:1091–1104. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S191387

Table 4.

Reported Cases of Intrathoracic and Respiratory Infections with Raoultella ornithinolytica

Author Year Age (Yr) Sex Comorbidities Diagnosis Positive Sample Identification Technique Antimicrobial Susceptibility Treatment Clinical Outcome
Jellinge et al75 2017 48 Female Subarachnoid haemorrhage Unspecified Tracheal culture MALDI-TOF MS S: Cefuroxime, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin

R: Piperacillin/tazobactam
None Recovery
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
Van Cleve et al27 2018 39 Male Motor vehicle versus pedestrian trauma Ventilator-associated pneumonia BAL Not specified S: Amikacin, aztreonam, cefepime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, gentamycin, imipenem, piperacillin/tazobactam, tobramycin, trimethoprim/
sulfamethoxazole
I: Ampicillin/sulbactam (LLL)
R: Ampicillin/sulbactam (RLL), cefazolin
Ceftazidime and vancomycin then piperacillin/tazobactam (total of 12 days) Recovery
50 Male MVC Ventilator-associated pneumonia BAL Not specified S: Amikacin, aztreonam, cefepime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, imipenem, piperacillin/tazobactam, tobramycin, trimethoprim/
sulfamethoxazole


R: Ampicillin/sulbactam (RLL), cefazolin
Ampicillin/sulbactam then cefepime (total of 9 days) Recovery
Atrial fibrillation
Myocardial infarction
Pacemaker
COPD
Papakanderaki et al76 2018 75 Male NSCLC Pulmonary infection Sputum Not specified Not specified Meropenem then ciprofloxacin Recovery
Left lower lobectomy
Smoking (100 pack/years)

Abbreviations: Yr, year; MVC, motor vehicle collision; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; MALDI-TOF MS, matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry; S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant; LLL, left lower lobe; RLL, right lower lobe.