Citrobacter braakii explained

Citrobacter braakii is a Gram-negative species of bacteria.^[1] It has been reported to cause sepsis in an immunocompromised person.^[2]

Further reading

• Arens. Sofie. Verhaegen. Jan. Verbist. Ludo. Differentiation and susceptibility of Citrobacter isolates from patients in a university hospital. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 3. 1. 1997. 53–57. 1198-743X. 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00251.x. 11864076. free.
• Pepperell. C.. Kus. J. V.. Gardam. M. A.. Humar. A.. Burrows. L. L.. Low-Virulence Citrobacter Species Encode Resistance to Multiple Antimicrobials. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 46. 11. 2002. 3555–3560. 0066-4804. 10.1128/AAC.46.11.3555-3560.2002. 128719. 12384364.
• Carlini . A. . etal . 2005 . Citrobacter braakii, an unusual organism as cause of acute peritonitis in PD patients . Peritoneal Dialysis International . 25 . 4. 405–406 . 10.1177/089686080502500417 . 16022099 . 9866646 .

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Citrobacter braakii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Brenner. D. J.. Grimont. P. A. D.. Steigerwalt. A. G.. Fanning. G. R.. Ageron. E.. Riddle. C. F.. Classification of Citrobacteria by DNA Hybridization: Designation of Citrobacter farmeri sp. nov., Citrobacter youngae sp. nov., Citrobacter braakii sp. nov., Citrobacter werkmanii sp. nov., Citrobacter sedlakii sp. nov., and Three Unnamed Citrobacter Genomospecies. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43. 4. 1993. 645–658. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-43-4-645. 8240948. free.
2. Gupta R, Rauf SJ, Singh S, Smith J, Agraharkar ML . Sepsis in a renal transplant recipient due to Citrobacter braakii. . South Med J . 2003 . 96 . 8 . 796–8 . 14515921 . 10.1097/01.smj.0000051068.52066.e2. 35134094 .