Encrusted Uretero-Pyelitis Caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum: Case Report and Literature Review

Andrei Valentin Rusmir; Ionut Andrei Paunescu; Sandra Martis; Silviu Latcu; Dorin Novacescu; Claudia Ramona Bardan; Flaviu Bob; Monica Licker; Mircea Botoca; Alin Cumpanas; Razvan Bardan

doi:10.3390/diagnostics12092239

Encrusted Uretero-Pyelitis Caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum: Case Report and Literature Review

Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Sep 16;12(9):2239. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12092239.

Authors

Andrei Valentin Rusmir^{1

2}, Ionut Andrei Paunescu¹, Sandra Martis¹, Silviu Latcu^{1

2}, Dorin Novacescu^{1

2}, Claudia Ramona Bardan³, Flaviu Bob^{4

5}, Monica Licker^{6

7}, Mircea Botoca^{1

2}, Alin Cumpanas^{1

2}, Razvan Bardan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, "Pius Brinzeu" Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 300736 Timisoara, Romania.
² Department of Urology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
³ Department of Hematology, Clinical Emergency City Hospital, 300723 Timisoara, Romania.
⁴ Department of Nephrology, "Pius Brinzeu" Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 300736 Timisoara, Romania.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
⁶ Clinical Laboratory, "Pius Brinzeu" Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 300736 Timisoara, Romania.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Multidisciplinary Research Center on Antimicrobial Resistance, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old female patient with solitary functioning left kidney and encrusted uretero-pyelitis caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum, which was treated by antibiotic therapy and oral acidification with L-methionine. We review the literature for similarly reported cases.

Keywords: Corynebacterium urealyticum; encrusted uretero-pyelitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

The APC was funded by the Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara/Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara