Oligella ureolytica conjunctivitis in a female patient

Giuseppe Ivan Potente; Francesca Fabiola Bianco; Raffaella Aiello

doi:10.4081/mm.2016.5797

Oligella ureolytica conjunctivitis in a female patient

https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5797

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2016)

Submitted: 5 February 2016
Accepted: 8 April 2016

Published: 30 June 2016

Oligella ureolytica, infectious diseases, conjunctivitis

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Giuseppe Ivan Potente
ivanpotente65@gmail.com
Laboratory of Chemical and Clinical Analysis and Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Soveria Mannelli Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy.
Francesca Fabiola Bianco Department of Biology, Soveria Mannelli Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy.
Raffaella Aiello Department of Medical Biotechnology, Soveria Mannelli Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy.

Oligella ureolytica, an aerobic gram-negative found as a commensal microorganism in human urinary tracts, is an emerging bacteria which is rarely implicated as human pathogen. In the past referred to as CDC Group IVe, this bacterium is not commonly encountered as a source of infection and is difficult to isolate by means of conventional laboratory procedures. We present here the case of a 55-year-old female patient suffering from bilateral conjunctivitis. An Oligella ureolytica infection was identify in an eye swab sample. The pathogen was isolated in pure culture (48/72 h) and an antibiogram was determined by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method (manual test).

Potente, G. I., Bianco, F. F., & Aiello, R. (2016). Oligella ureolytica conjunctivitis in a female patient. Microbiologia Medica, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5797