Asymptomatic urinary tract infection caused by Shigella sonnei.
The first case of asymptomatic urinary tract infection caused by Shigella sonnei in a patient, a 74-yr-old man, who was not a faecal carrier and had no history of dysentery is reported. Treatment with pivmecillinam 400 mg 3 times daily for 14 days was instituted and the bacteria were eradicated. The time and source of infection is unknown.
D000368:Aged; D000561:Amdinocillin Pivoxil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000561:Amdinocillin Pivoxil