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Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten

Although Corynebacterium urealyticum has rarely been isolated in diagnostic laboratories, this bacterium can be a significant uropathogen causing significant complications. It causes cystitis and alkaline encrusted cystitis, commonly involved in patients who need prolonged hospitalization and bladde...

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Main Authors: Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati, Che Hussin, Nurzam Suhaila, Awang Hamat, Rukman
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Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100765/
https://www.e-mjm.org/2022/v77n1/index.html
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1007652023-09-08T02:24:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100765/ Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati Che Hussin, Nurzam Suhaila Awang Hamat, Rukman Although Corynebacterium urealyticum has rarely been isolated in diagnostic laboratories, this bacterium can be a significant uropathogen causing significant complications. It causes cystitis and alkaline encrusted cystitis, commonly involved in patients who need prolonged hospitalization and bladder catheterisation. We report here a case of a 19-year-old young man who was diagnosed with N-Methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis that requires hospitalization for optimization of rehabilitation treatment in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His urine culture isolated slow growing gram-positive pleomorphic rods subsequently identified as C. urealyticum. Based on the risk factors, the isolation of C. urealyticum could not be simply dismissed as contaminants. The patient was treated successfully with vancomycin for two weeks. Malaysian Medical Association 2022-01 Article PeerReviewed Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati and Che Hussin, Nurzam Suhaila and Awang Hamat, Rukman (2022) Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 77 (1). 110 - 112. ISSN 0300-5283 https://www.e-mjm.org/2022/v77n1/index.html
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description Although Corynebacterium urealyticum has rarely been isolated in diagnostic laboratories, this bacterium can be a significant uropathogen causing significant complications. It causes cystitis and alkaline encrusted cystitis, commonly involved in patients who need prolonged hospitalization and bladder catheterisation. We report here a case of a 19-year-old young man who was diagnosed with N-Methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis that requires hospitalization for optimization of rehabilitation treatment in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His urine culture isolated slow growing gram-positive pleomorphic rods subsequently identified as C. urealyticum. Based on the risk factors, the isolation of C. urealyticum could not be simply dismissed as contaminants. The patient was treated successfully with vancomycin for two weeks.
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author Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati
Che Hussin, Nurzam Suhaila
Awang Hamat, Rukman
spellingShingle Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati
Che Hussin, Nurzam Suhaila
Awang Hamat, Rukman
Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
author_facet Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati
Che Hussin, Nurzam Suhaila
Awang Hamat, Rukman
author_sort Omar, Mohd Khairul Izzati
title Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
title_short Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
title_full Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
title_fullStr Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
title_full_unstemmed Complicated urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
title_sort complicated urinary tract infection caused by corynebacterium urealyticum – a pathogen that should not be forgotten
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100765/
https://www.e-mjm.org/2022/v77n1/index.html
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