Citrobacter amalonaticus human urinary tract infections, Marseille, France

Abstract

Citrobacter amalonaticus is a bacterium that has rarely been reported as a human pathogen. Here we report four cases of C. amalonaticus infections occurring in patients hospitalized in Marseille, France, and review all cases described in the published literature.

Keywords

• Bacteria
• Citrobacter
• epidemiology
• infection
• MALDI-TOF
• urine