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Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host

We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient who was previously diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. He presented in a myasthenic crisis secondary to a lower respiratory tract infection, with the implicated organism being Raoultella planticola. He was referred to the intensive care unit (ICU) and re...

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Autores principales: Rugbeer, Yashvir, Jansen van Vuuren, Juan, Naidoo, Ansuya K, Naidoo, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8855020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35198338
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22335
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author Rugbeer, Yashvir
Jansen van Vuuren, Juan
Naidoo, Ansuya K
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description We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient who was previously diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. He presented in a myasthenic crisis secondary to a lower respiratory tract infection, with the implicated organism being Raoultella planticola. He was referred to the intensive care unit (ICU) and required ventilatory support due to respiratory insufficiency. Early broad-spectrum antibiotics for a suspected bacterial infection were provided in combination with management specific to the myasthenic crisis. The patient made a full recovery and has displayed a good clinical response. This case report explores his presentation and aims to provide further literature on the incidence and description of R. planticola.
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spelling pubmed-88550202022-02-22 Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host Rugbeer, Yashvir Jansen van Vuuren, Juan Naidoo, Ansuya K Naidoo, Neil Cureus Neurology We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient who was previously diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. He presented in a myasthenic crisis secondary to a lower respiratory tract infection, with the implicated organism being Raoultella planticola. He was referred to the intensive care unit (ICU) and required ventilatory support due to respiratory insufficiency. Early broad-spectrum antibiotics for a suspected bacterial infection were provided in combination with management specific to the myasthenic crisis. The patient made a full recovery and has displayed a good clinical response. This case report explores his presentation and aims to provide further literature on the incidence and description of R. planticola. Cureus 2022-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8855020/ /pubmed/35198338 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22335 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rugbeer et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Rugbeer, Yashvir
Jansen van Vuuren, Juan
Naidoo, Ansuya K
Naidoo, Neil
Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host
title Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host
title_full Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host
title_fullStr Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host
title_full_unstemmed Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host
title_short Myasthenic Crisis Precipitated by Raoultella Planticola in an Immunocompromised Host
title_sort myasthenic crisis precipitated by raoultella planticola in an immunocompromised host
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8855020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35198338
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22335
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