TY - JOUR
T1 - Providencia rettgeri
T2 - An emerging nosocomial uropathogen in an indwelling urinary catheterised patient
AU - Sagar, Siddharth
AU - Narasimhaswamy, Nagalakshmi
AU - D’Souza, Jessica
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Providencia rettgeri (P. rettgeri) is an ubiquitous organism but is seldom associated with human disease. We report the isolation of P. rettgeri from the urine sample of a 39-year-old male patient on prolonged Foley’s catheterisation following a severe head injury. Identification of this organism was done by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) based systems. P. rettgeri is an emerging pathogen among long term catheterised patients. It reflects its ability to form biofilm on the surface of the indwelling catheter as well as the inherent urease producing property of the pathogen in question as a possible mechanism of pathogenesis.
AB - Providencia rettgeri (P. rettgeri) is an ubiquitous organism but is seldom associated with human disease. We report the isolation of P. rettgeri from the urine sample of a 39-year-old male patient on prolonged Foley’s catheterisation following a severe head injury. Identification of this organism was done by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) based systems. P. rettgeri is an emerging pathogen among long term catheterised patients. It reflects its ability to form biofilm on the surface of the indwelling catheter as well as the inherent urease producing property of the pathogen in question as a possible mechanism of pathogenesis.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25740.10026
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25740.10026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020743918
SN - 2249-782X
VL - 11
SP - DD01-DD02
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
IS - 6
ER -
