Encrusted cystitis in an immunocompromised patient: possible coinfection by Corynebacterium urealyticum and E. coli

M Penta; D Fioriti; A Chinazzi; V Pietropaolo; M P Conte; S Schippa; M Tecca; V Gentile; C De Dominicis; F Chiarini

Encrusted cystitis in an immunocompromised patient: possible coinfection by Corynebacterium urealyticum and E. coli

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2006 Jan-Mar;19(1):241-4.

Authors

M Penta¹, D Fioriti, A Chinazzi, V Pietropaolo, M P Conte, S Schippa, M Tecca, V Gentile, C De Dominicis, F Chiarini

Affiliation

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rome-La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 16569364

Abstract

Encrusted cystitis is a severe chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder characterized by excessively alkaline urine and calcifications within the bladder wall. A case of a 60 year-old man affected by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which developed encrusted cystitis due to Corynebacterium urealyticum with E. coli co-infection, shows that the treatment of encrusted cystitis with a endoscopic debulking of the encrusted stones and an antimicrobial therapy specific for C. urealyticum often is not sufficient for the complete resolution of symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Corynebacterium Infections / complications*
Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology
Corynebacterium Infections / urine
Corynebacterium*
Cystitis / etiology*
Cystitis / microbiology
Cystitis / urine
Cystoscopy
Escherichia coli Infections / complications*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
Escherichia coli Infections / urine
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Urinary Bladder Calculi / etiology
Urinary Bladder Calculi / therapy