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

William Paul Skelton 4th; Zachary Taylor; Jack Hsu

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.002

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

IDCases. 2017 Feb 10:8:9-11. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.002. eCollection 2017.

Authors

William Paul Skelton 4th¹, Zachary Taylor¹, Jack Hsu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States.
² Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Immunocompromised; Multiple myeloma; UTI.

Publication types

Case Reports