Raoultella planticola pneumonia in a patient with critical COVID-19

Raoultella planticola pneumonia in a patient with critical COVID-19

Raoultella planticola is a bacterium that has been recently described in the literature as an emerging pathogen that causes urinary, abdominal, and lung infections. We present the case of a 63-year-old overweight and with dyslipidemia that was hospitalized because of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. He deve...

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Main Authors: Carlos Mauricio Martínez Montalvo, Daniel Valery Rojas Kozhakin, María Alejandra Villamil Forero, Mateo Rodríguez Giraldo, José Gabriel Montenegro Vargas, Natalia Cabal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colegio Médico del Perú 2022-05-01
Series:Acta Médica Peruana
Subjects:
Raoultella Planticola
Klebsiella planticola
Klebsiella trevisanii
Pneumonia
Covid-19
Online Access:https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/2200
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Summary:Raoultella planticola is a bacterium that has been recently described in the literature as an emerging pathogen that causes urinary, abdominal, and lung infections. We present the case of a 63-year-old overweight and with dyslipidemia that was hospitalized because of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. He developed R. planticola and E. aerogenes superinfections. He was treated with cefepime for seven days, and he recovered uneventfully.
ISSN:1018-8800
1728-5917

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