First report of a Wautersiella falsenii isolated from the urine of an infant with pyelonephritis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;74(4):404-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.008. Epub 2012 Sep 19.

Abstract

Here, we report the first isolation of Wautersiella falsenii from the urine of an infant with a complicated urinary tract infection. W. falsenii was correctly identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry. The identification was confirmed by 16S polymerase chain reaction. Susceptibility test results of this isolate are reported. Ciprofloxacin treatment resulted in clinical and microbiological improvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Female
  • Flavobacteriaceae / chemistry
  • Flavobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Flavobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pyelonephritis / diagnosis*
  • Pyelonephritis / microbiology*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods
  • Urine / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S