A Case of Acute Cholecystitis Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteremia.
10.15279/kpba.2014.19.4.189
- Author:
Jae Eun LEE
1
;
Kwang Taek KIM
;
Jun Jae YOO
;
Mi Kang KIM
;
Min Ho CHOI
;
Hyun Joo JANG
;
Sea Hyub KAE
;
Jin LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine Hallym University, Hwaseong, Korea. jinlee@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia;
Bacteremia;
Acute cholecystitis;
Liver cirrhosis
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Bacillus;
Bacteremia*;
Cholecystitis, Acute*;
Gallbladder;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Pneumonia;
Risk Factors;
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia*;
Urinary Tract Infections
- From:Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
2014;19(4):189-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an ubiquitous aerobic Gram-negative bacillus. Hospitalization and prior antibiotic therapy are risk factors for S. maltophilia infection. This organism is isolated with increasing frequency from hospitalized patients and may cause therapeutic problems because of its intrinsic resistance to common antibiotics and the immunodeficiency status of the affected host. S. maltophilia has been reported to be commonly associated with pneumonia and urinary tract infection. However, biliary infection caused by S. maltophilia is very rare. Herein, we report on a case of acute cholecystitis that developed secondary to S. maltophilia bacteremia in a patient with hepatitis-B related liver cirrhosis and gallbladder stone.
