Case Report

A Rare Case of Cholecystitis Caused by Raoultella planticola

Table 1

Reports on clinical infection by R. planticola in humans.

ReferenceLocationClinical manifestationComorbiditiesInvasive procedure/trauma prior to infective episodeTreatmentOutcome

Freney et al., [8]FranceSepticaemiaBacterial endocarditisMitral valve replacementCefotaxime and TobramycinFull recovery

Freney et al., [9]FranceSepticaemia and pneumoniaCoronary artery diseasePostcoronary artery bypass graftCeftriaxoneFull recovery

Alves et al., [10]BrazilAcute pancreatitis and retroperitoneal abscessPneumonia and alcohol excessNilImipenem and AmikacinFull recovery

O’Connell et al., [11]IrelandCellulitis of the thumbNilCrush injury from hammerBenzyl penicillin, Flucloxacillin, Clindamycin, and CiprofloxacinFull recovery

Wolcott and Dowd., [12]USASurgical site infection following *ORIF of the left tibiaNil *ORIFCephalexin, Clindamycin, and ErtapenemFull recovery

Yokota et al., [13]JapanCholangitisMetastatic apocrine adenocarcinoma of the neck **ERCPCefoperazone-sulbactam, Meropenam and piperacillin tazobactamClinical improvement

Current reportUKCholecystitisCoeliac disease, hiatus hernia.NilCo-amoxiclavFull recovery

*ORIF: Open reduction and internal fixation.
**ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.