Case Report

Is It Necessary to Specifically Define the Cause of Surgically Treated Biliary Tract Infections? A Rare Case of Raoultella planticola Cholecystitis and Literature Review

Table 1

Biliary tract related infections caused by R. planticola, reported in the literature.

AuthorPatientClinical manifestationComorbidityTrauma/invasive procedureImmune deficiencyTreatment

Alves et al.45/malePancreatitis and retroperitoneal abscessAlcoholism, pneumoniaNoYesImipenem, amikacin

Yokota et al.65/maleCholangitisAdenocarcinoma of the neckYesPiperacillin, tazobactam

Teo et al.62/femaleAcute cholecystitisCeliac diseaseNoNoAmoxicillin-clavulanate

Salmaggi et al.70/maleAcute cholecystitisPancreatic adenocarcinomaERCP, biliary stentingYesCiprofloxacin, metronidazole

Ershadi et al.49/maleAcute cholecystitisAlcoholism, alcoholic cirrhosis, diabetes mellitusPercutaneous cholecystostomyYesTigecycline

ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.