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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2007, p. 1066-1068, Vol. 45, No. 3
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01897-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Intrarenal Abscesses Due to Ureaplasma urealyticum in a Transplanted Kidney{triangledown}

Elisabeth Eilers,1 Annette Moter,2 Renate Bollmann,2 Dieter Haffner,1 and Uwe Querfeld1*

Department of Pediatric Nephrology and,1 Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany2

Received 12 September 2006/ Returned for modification 18 November 2006/ Accepted 5 January 2007

A young woman developed multiple abscesses in her transplanted kidney. Amplification of the 16S rRNA gene with subsequent sequencing revealed Ureaplasma urealyticum as the infectious agent. Microbiological diagnosis and sensitivity testing led to therapy with levofloxacin, resulting in rapid recovery of the patient.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Charité University Hospital, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. Phone: 49-30 450516012. Fax: 49-30 450516912. E-mail: uwe.querfeld{at}charite.de.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 January 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2007, p. 1066-1068, Vol. 45, No. 3
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01897-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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