Urinary tract infection by a rare pathogen Cedecea neteri in a pregnant female with Polyhydramnios: rare case report from UAE.
Hafiz AhmadTalat MasroorSatyam A ParmarDebadatta PanigrahiPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
C. neteri is a rare and unusual pathogen, unlike routine gram-negative urinary tract pathogens from the family of Enterobacteriaceae and therefore may be missed or misidentified by routine laboratories using conventional microbiology identification techniques. Hence, Cedecea infections may be under-reported. Physicians and microbiology technicians must be aware of such a rare pathogen, as most of the isolates are multi-drug-resistant and require combined antibiotic treatment with beta-lactamase inhibitors and hence pose a treatment challenge especially in immunocompromised patients with comorbidities. In recent years, it has been reported as an emerging opportunistic pathogen.
Keyphrases
- multidrug resistant
- gram negative
- drug resistant
- urinary tract infection
- acinetobacter baumannii
- rare case
- candida albicans
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- escherichia coli
- urinary tract
- clinical practice
- primary care
- pregnant women
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- infectious diseases
- antimicrobial resistance
- smoking cessation
- mechanical ventilation