Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: An adult case of urinary tract infection with Kingella kingae: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report An adult case of urinary tract infection with Kingella kingae a case report KV Ramana and SK Mohanty Address Department of Microbiology Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences KIMS Narketpally Nalgonda-508254 India Email KVR - ramana_20021@ Corresponding author Published II May 2009 Received 22 February 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7236 doi 1752-1947-3-7236 Accepted 22 January 2009 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7236 2009 Ramana and Mohanty licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Kingella kingae though part of the normal upper respiratory tract and genitourinary tract is increasingly being recognized as an important human pathogen. During the past decade it has emerged as a significant pathogen in the pediatric age group primarily causing bacteremia and osteoarticular infections. Adult infection usually occurs in individuals who are severely immunocompromised and most infections have taken the form of septicemia or septic arthritis. Bacteremia due to K. kingae has been reported as the immediate cause of death in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Case presentation We present a microbiologically confirmed urinary tract infection with K. kingae in an immunocompetent 45-year-old adult woman with post-menopausal bleeding and with a history of clots. Her urine was subjected to culture and sensitivity tests. The isolated colonies were identified as K. kingae because of their typical culture characteristics such as long incubation period required for growth beta-hemolysis positive oxidase and negative catalase urease indole nitrate .
