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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1999, p. 4161-4162, Vol. 37, No. 12
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Rahnella aquatilis Sepsis in an Immunocompetent Adult

Chulhun Ludgerus Chang, Joseph Jeong, Jeong Hwan Shin, Eun Yup Lee, and Han Chul Son*

Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Received 6 July 1999/Returned for modification 5 August 1999/Accepted 27 August 1999

Rahnella aquatilis, a rare enteric gram-negative rod which is infrequently isolated in immunocompromised patients, was isolated as a causative organism of sepsis in a 26-year-old immunocompetent male patient. The contaminated intravenous fluid was confirmed to be the source of the organism.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, #10 1-Ga Ami-Dong Seo-Gu, Pusan 602-739, Korea. Phone: 82-51-240-7418. Fax: 82-51-247-6560. E-mail: cchl{at}hyowon.pusan.ac.kr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1999, p. 4161-4162, Vol. 37, No. 12
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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