Abstract
Rare or unusual bacteria in blood cultures can be a diagnostic challenge. Here, we report a case of Kalamiella piersonii, a novel gram-negative Enterobacterales belonging to the proposed genus Kalamiella gen nov in the Erwiniaceae family. A 56-year-old woman with a medical history of end-stage nonischemic cardiomyopathy, receiving milrinone through a tunneled catheter, presented to our emergency department with chills and was found to be bacteremic with gram-negative bacilli identified as K piersonii. She was treated with 14 days of intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam without complications.
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