A 40-year-old woman is admitted to the Emergency Department with a fever of 38ºC and right lumbar pain. The CBC shows 25000 leukocytes/mm3 with left deviation and an abdominal ultrasound shows a coralliform lithiasis. What microorganism do we expect to find?
Epidemiology question shared with URO. Coraliform lithiasis are associated with urea-folding germs: Proteus in the first place, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella and some staphylococci.
Escherichia coli.
Enterococcus faecalis.
Salmonella typhi.
Candida albicans.
Proteus mirabilis.
Coraliform lithiasis are associated with urea-folding germs: Proteus in the first place, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella and some staphylococci.