Corynebacterium minutissimum pyelonephritis with associated bacteraemia: a case report and review of literature

Nasir M Ahmad; Khalid M Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.026

Corynebacterium minutissimum pyelonephritis with associated bacteraemia: a case report and review of literature

J Infect. 2005 Dec;51(5):e299-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.026.

Authors

Nasir M Ahmad¹, Khalid M Ahmad

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Riverview Medical Center, 2 West, One Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ 07701, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16321644
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.026

Abstract

We report a case of Corynebacterium minutissimum pyelonephritis with associated bacteraemia in an immunocompetent adult. The patient was successfully treated with a 14-day course of intravenous vancomycin. We review the clinical features of all the reported cases of invasive C. minutissimum infections with bacteraemia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
Corynebacterium Infections / complications*
Corynebacterium Infections / drug therapy
Corynebacterium Infections / surgery
Female
Humans
Hydronephrosis / etiology
Immunocompetence
Kidney Calculi / complications
Kidney Calculi / therapy
Middle Aged
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
Pyelonephritis / drug therapy
Pyelonephritis / microbiology*
Pyelonephritis / surgery
Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin