Case Report of a Patient with Burkholderia cepacia Urinary Tract Infection with Prostatitis and Prostatic Micro Abscess
The term urinary tract infection encompasses a variety of clinical entities, including asymptomatic bacteriuria, cystitis, prostatitis, and pyelonephritis.Burkholderia cepacia is an emerging bacterium causing nosocomial infections.It is associated with a wide variety of infections, including pneumonia, bacteraemia, skin and soft tissue infection, genitourinary tract infection secondary to instrumentation / devices.In this case report we highlight a case of Urinary tract infection caused by Burkholderia cepacia in a patient with history of recent invasive urological procedure.
Authors
- Renoy A Henry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7354-3554)
- Akash Thomas Oommen
- Vinayak Sarma K.
- Sankar T.M.
- O. M. Vivekanandachood
Institutions
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.9734/ajcrmh/2024/v7i1208
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85