Septicemia caused by cysteine-dependent Escherichia coli.
A case of septicemia and urinary tract infection caused by cysteine-dependent Escherichia coli in a 70-year-old woman with bilateral staghorn calculi is described. This is the second report of a cysteine-dependent E. coli bacteremia. The bacterium was falsely susceptible to ampicillin and co-trimoxazole when tested on a medium without cysteine supplement.
Yuen
K Y
KY
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong.
Seto
W H
WH
Tsui
K H
KH
Hui
W T
WT
D000368:Aged; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003545:Cysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; C030659:K antigens; D003545:Cysteine