Ralstonia picketti

Ralstonia pickettii (= Burkholderia pickettii)

출처: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 미국 질병관리청)

 

Division: Pseudomonadota, Class: Betaproteobacteria, Order: Burkholderiales, Family: Burkholderiaceae, Genus: Ralstonia

 

- Non-fermentative, Gram negative bacilli

- Soil bacterium

- R. pickettii can grow in saline and other fluids

 

- 병원체로써의 작용:

      #. Bacteremia d/t contaminated IV products

      #. Airway colonization d/t contaminated respiratory therapy solutions

      #. Patients with cystic fibrosis and Crohn’s disease has been reported to be infected with R. pickettii

 

- R. pickettii produce beta-lactamase, OXA-22, which confers resistance to aminophenicillins, narrow-spectrum cephalosporins, and aztreonam

- Susceptible to: Ciprofloxacin, SMX-TMP