Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae septicemia and urinary tract infection associated with renal stone disease
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Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae septicemia and urinary tract infection associated with renal stone disease. / Stærk, Marianne; Tolouee, Sara A.; Christensen, Jens J.
In: Open Microbiology Journal, Vol. 12, 2018, p. 243-247.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae septicemia and urinary tract infection associated with renal stone disease
AU - Stærk, Marianne
AU - Tolouee, Sara A.
AU - Christensen, Jens J.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Introduction: Haemophilus influenzae commonly causes upper respiratory tract infections and has only rarely been reported etiology of urinary tract infections. Since the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine, non-typable haemophilus species now cause the majority of invasive disease in Europe. Case Report: We report a case of an adult man with non-typable Haemophilus influenzae septicemia, urinary tract infection and bilateral renal stone disease. The patient presented with right sided flank pain and a CT scan showed bilateral renal stones and a right sided ureteral stone causing obstruction. Results and Discussion: Haemophilus influenzae was identified in blood and urine and despite a tendency of increasing antibiotic resistance among Haemophilus influenzae, our strain was susceptible to all antibiotics tested. Treatment consisted of 3 days of intravenous cefuroxime, insertion of a right sided JJ ureteric stent and 5 days of peroral ciprofloxacin after discharge. Physicians and microbiologists should be aware of Haemophilus influenzae as a possible urinary tract pathogen, especially when urinary tract abnormalities are present, and take the risk of antibiotic resistance into consideration at initial treatment.
AB - Introduction: Haemophilus influenzae commonly causes upper respiratory tract infections and has only rarely been reported etiology of urinary tract infections. Since the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine, non-typable haemophilus species now cause the majority of invasive disease in Europe. Case Report: We report a case of an adult man with non-typable Haemophilus influenzae septicemia, urinary tract infection and bilateral renal stone disease. The patient presented with right sided flank pain and a CT scan showed bilateral renal stones and a right sided ureteral stone causing obstruction. Results and Discussion: Haemophilus influenzae was identified in blood and urine and despite a tendency of increasing antibiotic resistance among Haemophilus influenzae, our strain was susceptible to all antibiotics tested. Treatment consisted of 3 days of intravenous cefuroxime, insertion of a right sided JJ ureteric stent and 5 days of peroral ciprofloxacin after discharge. Physicians and microbiologists should be aware of Haemophilus influenzae as a possible urinary tract pathogen, especially when urinary tract abnormalities are present, and take the risk of antibiotic resistance into consideration at initial treatment.
KW - Antibiotic resistance
KW - Hemophilus influenzae infection
KW - Invasive disease
KW - Non-typable
KW - Renal stones
KW - Urinary tract infection
U2 - 10.2174/1874285801812010243
DO - 10.2174/1874285801812010243
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30197697
AN - SCOPUS:85053658108
VL - 12
SP - 243
EP - 247
JO - The Open Microbiology Journal
JF - The Open Microbiology Journal
SN - 1874-2858
ER -
ID: 215187032