Open AccessProvidencia Rettgeri: An Emerging Nosocomial Uropathogen in an Indwelling Urinary Catheterised Patient
Author(s) -
Siddharth Sagar,
Nagalakshmi Narasimhaswamy,
Jessica D’Souza
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - German
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25740.10026
Subject(s) - urinary system , medicine , pathogen , intensive care medicine , urine , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , immunology
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.