Macroscopic White Blood Cell Casts: An Extremely Rare Presentation of Klebsiella Pyelonephritis

Authors

  • Larry B. Mellick
  • Kimberly M. Rathbun

Keywords:

Acute pyelonephritis, White blood cell casts, Urinary tract infections, Urinary tract infection (UTI), Ureteral casts

Abstract

In this case report, we present a patient with severe pyelonephritis who presented complaining of passing worm-like tissue from his penis. This patient was passing macroscopic ureteral white blood cell casts resulting from a severe pyelonephritis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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Published

2020-12-21