A first case of isolation of Kerstersia gyiorum from urinary tract

Yoshihiko Ogawa; Sang-Tae Lee; Kei Kasahara; Akira Koizumi; Yoshitomo Chihara; Ryuichi Nakano; Hisakazu Yano; Keiichi Mikasa

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2015.11.003

A first case of isolation of Kerstersia gyiorum from urinary tract

J Infect Chemother. 2016 Apr;22(4):265-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.11.003. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Authors

Yoshihiko Ogawa¹, Sang-Tae Lee², Kei Kasahara³, Akira Koizumi², Yoshitomo Chihara⁴, Ryuichi Nakano⁵, Hisakazu Yano⁵, Keiichi Mikasa³

Affiliations

¹ Center of Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kasihara, Nara, Japan. Electronic address: hikoichi@naramed-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kasihara, Nara, Japan.
³ Center of Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kasihara, Nara, Japan.
⁴ Department of Urology, Saiseikai Chuwa Hospital, Sakurai, Nara, Japan.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kasihara, Nara, Japan.

PMID: 26683244
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.11.003

Abstract

An 82-year-old man with percutaneous nephrostomy presented to our Hospital with dysuria for one day. The patient's percutaneous nephrostomy tube was exchanged, with about 20 mL of creamy purulent urine being collected. Direct smear of the urine specimen showed polymorphonuclear leukocytes and small Gram-negative bacilli, some of which had undergone phagocytosis. This organism was identified as Kerstersia gyiorum using 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis. He was successfully recovered with exchange of his percutaneous nephrostomy tube and fluoroquinolone internal use treatment. This is the first case report of urinary tract infection due to K. gyiorum.

Keywords: 16S RNA; Alcaligenaceae; Kerstersia gyiorum; Urinary tract infection.

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Alcaligenaceae / isolation & purification*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Male
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
Urinary Tract / microbiology*
Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*