A rare case of Raoultella planticola urinary tract infection in an immunocompromised patient with multiple myeloma

INTRODUCTION: Raoultella planticola is a gram-negative rod associated with soil and aquatic environments that has rarely been associated with human infections. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We present the case of a 73 year old female with multiple myeloma and recurrent Clostridium difficile infection who wa...

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Autores principales: Skelton, William Paul, Taylor, Zachary, Hsu, Jack
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5328912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28271042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.002
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Raoultella planticola is a gram-negative rod associated with soil and aquatic environments that has rarely been associated with human infections. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We present the case of a 73 year old female with multiple myeloma and recurrent Clostridium difficile infection who was found to have a urinary tract infection with Raoultella planticola, which has only been reported to cause 29 cases of human infections and 2 cases of urinary tract infections. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Our case and literature review suggest that immunocompromised patients are predisposed to developing Raoultella planticola infection, and that this is a potential emerging pathogen.

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