Case Report
A Rare Case of Cholecystitis Caused by Raoultella planticola
Table 1
Reports on clinical infection by R. planticola in humans.
| Reference | Location | Clinical manifestation | Comorbidities | Invasive procedure/trauma prior to infective episode | Treatment | Outcome |
| Freney et al., [8] | France | Septicaemia | Bacterial endocarditis | Mitral valve replacement | Cefotaxime and Tobramycin | Full recovery |
| Freney et al., [9] | France | Septicaemia and pneumonia | Coronary artery disease | Postcoronary artery bypass graft | Ceftriaxone | Full recovery |
| Alves et al., [10] | Brazil | Acute pancreatitis and retroperitoneal abscess | Pneumonia and alcohol excess | Nil | Imipenem and Amikacin | Full recovery |
| O’Connell et al., [11] | Ireland | Cellulitis of the thumb | Nil | Crush injury from hammer | Benzyl penicillin, Flucloxacillin, Clindamycin, and Ciprofloxacin | Full recovery |
| Wolcott and Dowd., [12] | USA | Surgical site infection following *ORIF of the left tibia | Nil |
*ORIF | Cephalexin, Clindamycin, and Ertapenem | Full recovery |
| Yokota et al., [13] | Japan | Cholangitis | Metastatic apocrine adenocarcinoma of the neck |
**ERCP | Cefoperazone-sulbactam, Meropenam and piperacillin tazobactam | Clinical improvement |
| Current report | UK | Cholecystitis | Coeliac disease, hiatus hernia. | Nil | Co-amoxiclav | Full recovery |
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*ORIF: Open reduction and internal fixation.
**ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
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