TY - JOUR AU - Papakanderaki, Evaggelina AU - Kanakakis, Konstantinos AU - Goule, Sotirios AU - Chounti, Maria AU - Hountis, Panagiotis PY - 2018/02/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Clinical significance of positive Raoultella Ornithinolytica and Staphylococcus hominis cultures in a post lobectomy patient. A case report JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 88 IS - 1 SE - Pneumology - Case Reports DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2018.885 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/885 SP - AB - <p><em>Raoultella Ornithinolytica</em> (RO) is an encapsulated, Gram- negative, nonmotile aerobic rob which was reclassified from <em>Klepsiella</em> genus belonging in the family of Enterobacteriaceae. It is a rare human infection and few cases have been reported in post thoracotomy patients. Here we present a case of a left lower lobectomy patient that was complicated by pleural effusion and high fever with positive sputum cultures of <em>Raoultella Ornithinolytica</em> and positive pleural fluid cultures of <em>Staphylococcus hominis</em>. It is related with aquatic life poisoning. There are few cases reported and even fewer postoperatively. The infection is rare in human therefore the bacteria is still underreported.</p> ER -