Diagnostics (Sep 2022)

Encrusted Uretero-Pyelitis Caused by <i>Corynebacterium urealyticum</i>: 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
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092239
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 9
p. 2239

Abstract

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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.

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