Description of Kocuria kristinae as a causal agent of distributive shock due to sepsis in pelvic inflammatory disease in an immunocompetent patient —case report

Abstract

Kocuria kristinae is a gram-positive catalase-positive cocci-type microorganism that can normally be isolated from the skin and oral cavity of humans. It is not usually related to the production of infections, however, in recent years it has been found. important isolates of it that generate infections on immunocompromised patients around the world. Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common entity in our environment, it includes a wide range of infectious processes that compromise the female genital tract that can compromise the endometrium, fallopian tubes, ovaries and even the peritoneum at the pelvic level, it is predominant in women of fertile age and sexually active. The germs commonly associated with the genesis of pelvic inflammatory disease are mainly Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium. However, it is important to keep in mind that up to the time of the review in our environment no cases of pelvic inflammatory disease secondary to K. kristinae have been documented in both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients, which is why the case report in question about an immunocompetent patient who presented a case of these characteristics becomes vitally important. © 2024 Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado lntensivo