A case of a renal abscess caused by Salmonella bareilly in a previously healthy boy

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 241
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Tomomi, Ido, Masaru, Ogawa, Masahiro, Sasaki, Naoya, Nakamura, Haruna, Hasegawa, Yoshihiro, Bonno, Motoki, Tanaka, Shigeki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.03.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abdominal Abscess; Abscess; Abscess - diagnosis; Abscess - drug therapy; Analysis; Broad-range 16S rDNA PCR; Care and treatment; Case Report; Child; Control; CT imaging; Diagnosis; Drainage; Humans; Identification and classification; Kidney Diseases - diagnosis; Male; Prevention; Renal abscess; Risk factors; Salmonella; Salmonella - genetics; Salmonella bareilly; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Staphylococcus aureus infections; Japan; Salmonella bareilly; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Broad-range 16S rDNA PCR; Renal abscess
• ISSN: 1471-2334; 1471-2334
• DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07229-1

Renal abscesses are relatively uncommon in children, and usually due to Gram-negative rods or Staphylococcus aureus, whereas abscesses caused by Salmonella are very rare. We present the case of a previously healthy 10-year-old boy who had a renal abscess due to Salmonella bareilly. He responded well to treatment with antibiotics, and computed tomography (CT)-guided drainage of the abscess. His blood, urine and abscess aspirate cultures were sterile, but a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay of the aspirate followed by analysis of four Salmonella genes (fliC, fliD, sopE2, and spaO) identified S. bareilly as the causative agent. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of renal abscess caused by S. bareilly.