Corynebacterium propinquum associated with acute, nongonococcal urethritis

Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Oct;40(10):829-31. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000027.

Abstract

Corynebacterium propinquum is usually considered part of the normal human oropharyngeal flora and is rarely responsible for clinical infection. We report here what seems to be the first case of acute purulent urethral discharge in a young Iranian man with urethritis acquired after orogenital contact. Attention should be devoted to less common nondiphtheriae Corynebacterium species for differential diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / complications*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / drug therapy
  • Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Corynebacterium Infections / transmission
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Dysuria / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sexual Behavior*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urethritis / complications*
  • Urethritis / diagnosis
  • Urethritis / drug therapy
  • Urethritis / microbiology*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin
  • Azithromycin