A CASE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION CAUSED BY ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT YOUNG MALE PATIENT

Achromobacter xylosoxidans, previously called as Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is an oxidase positive, motile bacilli found predominantly in polluted aquatic sources. Irrespective of the age group, it primarily causes opportunistic infection in certain conditions and hospital acquired infection in certain conditions. Being a rare causative agent, it has been notified to cause prosthetic valve endocarditis, peritonitis, skin and soft tissue infection, hepatobiliary infections, bacteremia (3), otitis media (6), pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis and corneal ulcers particularly in immunosuppressed patients. Infection in an immunologically competent patient is quite rare and only limited studies are available regarding its prevalence. Urinary tract infection secondary to achromobacter xylosoxidans as well as in an immunocompetent adult is quite uncommon. In our study, we dealt with a case of urinary tract infection (2) in an immunocompetent young male patient caused by A. xylosoxidans, who got admitted, treated with susceptible antibiotics, recovered and discharged back home with no specific complaints