Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Citrobacter koseri in a Patient With Spina Bifida, an Ileal Conduit and Renal Caluli Progressing to Peri-nephric Abscess and Empyema

• Main Authors: Zachary E. Stewart, Mohammed Shaker, J David Baxter
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
• Series: Urology Case Reports
• Subjects: Citrobacter koseri; Urinary tract infection; Ileal conduit; Peri-nephric abscess; Empyema
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016302157
• ISSN: 2214-4420

Urological problems are common in spina bifida and are often treated with urinary diversions. Spina bifida and ileal conduits put patients at increased risk for ascending urinary tract infections. Here we present a novel case of a Citrobacter koseri urinary tract infection complicated by a perinephric abscess with pleural extension. To our knowledge, no case of an ascending C. koseri UTI progressing to peri-nephric abscess and empyema by direct extension exists in the literature.