Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case

There have been only a few reported human cases of infections caused by Serratia rubidae in literature. Among these sparse cases there is only one reported case of urinary tract infection (UTI) due to S. rubidae in literature. The organism is known to produce a red pigment known as prodigiosin. We r...

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Autores principales:	Simit Kumar, Maitreyi Bandyopadhyay, Mitali Chatterjee, Prabir Mukhopadhyay, Suranjan Pal, Sumon Poddar, Parthajit Banerjee
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013
Materias:	diabetes serratia rubidae urinary tract infection Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7e62b36ce74f4caa88ddd89d5dadc1572021-12-02T17:05:51ZRed discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.112790https://doaj.org/article/7e62b36ce74f4caa88ddd89d5dadc1572013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.112790https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464There have been only a few reported human cases of infections caused by Serratia rubidae in literature. Among these sparse cases there is only one reported case of urinary tract infection (UTI) due to S. rubidae in literature. The organism is known to produce a red pigment known as prodigiosin. We report a case of UTI caused by S. rubidae in a diabetic patient who presented with burning micturition and reddish discoloration of urine, which on laboratory diagnosis, was proved to be due to the reddish pigment produced by the organism. This case report highlights that this rare organism might be associated with UTI leading to reddish discoloration of urine.Simit KumarMaitreyi BandyopadhyayMitali ChatterjeePrabir MukhopadhyaySuranjan PalSumon PoddarParthajit BanerjeeThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlediabetesserratia rubidaeurinary tract infectionMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 03, Iss 01, Pp 20-22 (2013)
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spellingShingle	diabetes serratia rubidae urinary tract infection Medicine R Simit Kumar Maitreyi Bandyopadhyay Mitali Chatterjee Prabir Mukhopadhyay Suranjan Pal Sumon Poddar Parthajit Banerjee Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case
description	There have been only a few reported human cases of infections caused by Serratia rubidae in literature. Among these sparse cases there is only one reported case of urinary tract infection (UTI) due to S. rubidae in literature. The organism is known to produce a red pigment known as prodigiosin. We report a case of UTI caused by S. rubidae in a diabetic patient who presented with burning micturition and reddish discoloration of urine, which on laboratory diagnosis, was proved to be due to the reddish pigment produced by the organism. This case report highlights that this rare organism might be associated with UTI leading to reddish discoloration of urine.
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author	Simit Kumar Maitreyi Bandyopadhyay Mitali Chatterjee Prabir Mukhopadhyay Suranjan Pal Sumon Poddar Parthajit Banerjee
author_facet	Simit Kumar Maitreyi Bandyopadhyay Mitali Chatterjee Prabir Mukhopadhyay Suranjan Pal Sumon Poddar Parthajit Banerjee
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title	Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case
title_short	Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case
title_full	Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case
title_fullStr	Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case
title_full_unstemmed	Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case
title_sort	red discoloration of urine caused by serratia rubidae: a rare case
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/7e62b36ce74f4caa88ddd89d5dadc157
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Red discoloration of urine caused by Serratia rubidae: A rare case

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