Case Report and Review of Raoultella Planticola Urinary Tract Infection
- 1 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesQ, United States
- 2 Lowell General Hospital, United States
Abstract
This case report includes a brief review of Raoultella planticola infections in the literature and describes a case of a mildly immunocompromised patient who presents with signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection. Three days after hospitalization, the patient’s urine sample had a culture speciation of Raoultella planticola. The infection was found to be resistant only to ampicillin and the patient was subsequently started on amoxicillin/clavulanate upon discharge. Largely thought to be nonpathogenic, R. planticola infection is now believed to be opportunistic and a discussion of risk factors in this patient is reviewed.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2019.78.79
Copyright: © 2019 Christina M. Richards and Eric R. Musial. 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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Keywords
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Anti Infective Agents
- Immunocompromised Patient