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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 14:32:101209.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101209. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Acinetobacter junii as a rare pathogen of urinary tract infection

Abdelrhman Abo-Zed  1 , Mohamed Yassin  1 , Tung Phan  2
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Acinetobacter junii as a rare pathogen of urinary tract infection

Abdelrhman Abo-Zed et al. Urol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Acinetobacter junii is one of more than 50 different species belonging to the genus Acinetobacter. This bacterium is rarely reported to cause human infections. Here we described a rare case of Acinetobacter junii, which grew in urine culture approximately one month after the patient was discharged from the hospital with antibiotics for a urinary tract infection, which caused left obstructing renal calculi requiring nephrostomy tube placement.

Keywords: Acinetobacter junii; Urinary tract infection; VITEK.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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A. Colonies of the isolate on sheep blood and MacConkey agars. Round-shaped and translucent colonies were observed. B. Microscopic examination of a Gram-stained smear revealed small Gram-negative coccobacilli.
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