Nosocomial Pneumonia Caused by New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1-Producing Raoultella planticola

Combination of Tigecycline and Levofloxacin for Successful Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia Caused by New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1-Producing Raoultella planticola: Microbial Drug Resistance , Vol. 0, No. 0.

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Zhijie Pan,^* Rong Liu,^* Pei Zhang, Hua Zhou, Yiqi Fu, and Jianying Zhou

The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

^*These two authors contributed equally to this study.

Address correspondence to:

Jianying Zhou, MD

The First Affiliated Hospital

College of Medicine

Zhejiang University

No. 79, Qingchun Road

Hangzhou

Zhejiang 310003

China
E-mail: zjyhz@zju.edu.cn

ABSTRACT

Raoultella planticola is a gram-negative bacterium that rarely causes diseases in humans. Here, we present a case of hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by R. planticola that likely originated in the gastrointestinal tract. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second report describing the detection of the gene New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1 (bla_NDM-1) in multidrug-resistant R. planticola. Clinical samples were collected for bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing from a patient during hospitalization. The presence of bla_NDM-1 was detected by PCR and sequencing. An NDM-1-positive R. planticola was isolated from the sputum and stool of the same patient. Further findings confirmed that bla_NDM-1 was located on a plasmid. Isolates from the sputum and stool cultures were identical, suggesting that the R. planticola may have originated in the gastrointestinal tract. The patient completely recovered and was discharged after treatment with tigecycline combined with levofloxacin, for a week. In conclusion, R. planticola is a possibly underestimated pathogen that contributes to the spread of the bla_NDM-1gene. Early and precise identification of this pathogen can lead to better prognosis of the associated infections and an improved approach to controlling the spread of carbapenemase-resistant gram-negative bacteria.

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