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Description

Kalamiella piersonii is rarely encountered in human disease. It can cause infection in immunocompromised patients.


Classification: Gram-negative bacteria in Enterobacterales in Erwiniaceae family

 

Features:

(1) able to breakdown urea and to cause infections in the urinary tract

(2) has been associated with sepsis

(3) resistance to penicillins and ceftazidime, with a beta-lactamase gene

(4) can cause opportunistic infection in susceptible hosts

(5) can form biofilms

 

Identification may be challenging, and it may be misidentified as a related organism. It may show a pattern similar to Erwinia species.


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