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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Raoultella ornithinolytica''}}

== Background ==

* [[Stain::Gram-negative]], encapsulated, oxidase-[[Oxidase::negative]], catalase-[[Catalase::positive]], aerobic, non-motile [[Shape::bacillus]] within the genus [[Genus::Raoultella]]
** Previously known as ''Klebsiella ornithinolytica''
* Environmental organism in water and soil

== Clinical Manifestations ==

* Most commonly causes GI and hepatobiliary infections
* Case reports of urinary tract infection
* Very few case reports of bone and joint infections, soft tissue infection, pneumonia, empyema, pericarditis, and mediastinitis

== Further Reading ==

* ''Raoultella ornithinolytica'': Emergence and Resistance. ''Infect Drug Resist''. 2019. doi: [https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S191387 10.2147/IDR.S191387]

[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]