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2015

A Nephrostomy-associated Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Hideharu Hagiya
  • ,
  • Hiroko Ogawa
  • ,
  • Yusuke Takahashi
  • ,
  • Kou Hasegawa
  • ,
  • Masaya Iwamuro
  • ,
  • Fumio Otsuka

Volume
54
Number
24
First page
3233
Last page
6
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.2169/internalmedicine.54.4998
Publisher
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE

We report a case of nephrostomy-associated urinary tract infection caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica that occurred in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis. Though conventional identification methods failed to detect the causative organism, it was identified on the basis of the complete sequencing of 16S rRNA. Four weeks of levofloxacin and minocycline administration successfully eradicated the infection. E. meningoseptica rarely causes urinary tract infections, and we believe that this is the first such case in which the isolate was genetically confirmed. The accurate identification of the organism is necessary for the provision of appropriate treatment and to obtain a better understanding of its epidemiology and pathogenicity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.54.4998
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666619
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000366556900026&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.2169/internalmedicine.54.4998
  • ISSN : 0918-2918
  • eISSN : 1349-7235
  • Pubmed ID : 26666619
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000366556900026

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