Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 146-148, March 1998

Proteus penneri urosepsis in a patient with diabetes mellitus

  • Dorota K. Latuszynski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, the Pathology Department, and the Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, USA
    • State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USA
    • ,
  • Paul Schoch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, the Pathology Department, and the Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, USA
    • State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USA
    • ,
  • Mohammad T. Qadir, MD

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, the Pathology Department, and the Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, USA
    • State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USA
    • ,
  • Burke A. Cunha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Burke A. Cunha, MD, Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501.
    • Microbiology Laboratory, the Pathology Department, and the Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, USA
    • State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USA

Abstract 

Proteus penneri has been isolated from many different clinical sources, including surgical wound infections, urine, and blood. We describe the first reported case of P. penneri nosocomial urosepsis in a patient with diabetes. P. penneri was subsequently isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and a pulmonary artery catheter tip.

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PII: S0147-9563(98)90023-1

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 146-148, March 1998

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