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Actinotignum schaalii and Aerococcus urinae as Etiology of Infected Kidney Cyst: A Diagnostic Challenge
Veronika Vorobieva Solholm Jensen1 , 2 , *
Rimtas Dargis1
Xiaohui Chen Nielsen1
Lothar Wiese3
Jens Jørgen Christensen1 , 4
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Rimtas Dargis1
Xiaohui Chen Nielsen1
Lothar Wiese3
Jens Jørgen Christensen1 , 4
Authors Info & Affiliations
Abstract
The case presented here illustrates a sometimes complex disease presentation where interdisciplinary teamwork is essential. A 74-years-old woman with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary lung disease and a composite graft aortic valve implant was admitted to hospital with an episode of acute lower back pain combined with long-term fever. The final diagnoses of a left-sided, infected and radiologically evident kidney cyst caused by the urinary tract pathogens Actinotignum schaalii and Aerococcus urinae was established by the use of partial 16S/18S rRNA gene sequence analysis on kidney cyst drainage material taken after four weeks of relevant antibiotic therapy.
Keywords: Actinotignum schaalii, Aerococcus urinae, Partial 16S/18S rRNA gene sequence analysis, Kidney cyst, Chronic obstructive pulmonary lung disease, Osteoporosis, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension.
