Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Letter
Oligella ureolytica Bacteremia in Elderly Woman, United States
Table
Documented cases of pathogenic Oligella ureolytica infection*
Year | Patient age, y | Patient sex | Location | Culture source | Concurrent conditions | Urinary disorder | Reference† |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 30 | M | India | Blood | Metastatic lung adenocarcinoma | Urinary incontinence | (3) |
2013 | Newborn | F | Turkey | Blood | None | Maternal urine exposure during delivery? | (4) |
2013 | 89 | M | United States | Urine | Adenocarcinoma of prostate | High post void residual | (5) |
1996 | 49 | F | Canada | Neck lymph node | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | None | (6) |
1993 | 40 | M | United States | Blood | AIDS, sacral ulcer, diarrhea | None | (7) |
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