Case report

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.04.23

Urinary Stone Related Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Raoultella Ornithinolytica in a Child: a Case Report

Mehmet Karacı orcid.org/0000-0002-8774-2562 ; University of Medical Sciences, Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics. Istanbul, Turkey
Adem Yaşar ; Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, Manisa, Turkey

Abstract

Raoultella ornithinolytica is one of the three species of Raoultella. The present case
report describes a two-year-old child who had complaints of discomfort and fever, and Raoultella
ornithinolytica in his urinary culture. Grade-2 hydronephrosis and a 7.5-mm urinary stone were
detected in the patient’s left ureter. The stone was expelled upon consultation with pediatric urology
department. The patient was treated according to culture antibiotic sensitivity report and continued to
be followed-up.

Keywords

Raoultella ornithinolytica; Urinary stone; Childhood; Urinary tract infection

Hrčak ID:

255231

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/255231

Publication date:

1.12.2020.

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