Open AccessMacroscopic White Blood Cell Casts: An Extremely Rare Presentation of Klebsiella Pyelonephritis
Author(s) -
Larry B. Mellick,
Kimberly M. Rathbun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
emergency medicine - open journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2379-4046
DOI - 10.17140/emoj-6-157
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , presentation (obstetrics) , klebsiella , penis , chronic pyelonephritis , case presentation , white (mutation) , medicine , white blood cell , pathology , biology , surgery , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene
In this case report, we present a patient with severe pyelonephritis who presented complaining of passing worm-like tissue from his penis. This patient was passing macroscopic ureteral white blood cell casts resulting from a severe pyelonephritis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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