A Fatal Case of Providencia Sepsis

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Authors

  • Bhavna Gupta Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India
  • Nishtha Kachru Department of Anaesthesia, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/UAOJ-2-112

Keywords:

Providencia sepsis, Renal parenchyma

Abstract

The risk of acquisition of multi-drug resistance remains a major hurdle in management of patients with sepsis. Owing to limita
tion in availability of antibiotics and increasing surge of multi-drug resistant organisms, the major aim still remains at prevention
of the growth of organism. Various guidelines prevent against the routine change of urinary catheter at fixed interval unless
there are clinical predictors of infection or obstruction. But there are at times, when despite all the measures, once infection oc
cur, it may be resistant to all the available antibiotics, as had been seen in our case. This case report highlights yet another instance
of multi-drug resistance organism, where the importance of preventive measures needs to be over emphasized.

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Published

2017-12-13

How to Cite

Bhavna Gupta, & Nishtha Kachru. (2017). A Fatal Case of Providencia Sepsis. Urology and Andrology , 2(1), 4–7. https://doi.org/10.17140/UAOJ-2-112

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): Volume 2 Issue 1 2018

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