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 coinfection, 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.
Encrusted cystitis in an immunocompromised patient: Possible coinfection by Corynebacterium urealyticum and E-coli / M., Penta; Fioriti, Daniela; Chinazzi, Alessandro; Pietropaolo, Valeria Antonietta; Conte, Maria Pia; Schippa, Serena; M., Tecca; Gentile, Vincenzo; DE DOMINICIS, Carlo; Chiarini, Fernanda. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0394-6320. - STAMPA. - 19:1(2006), pp. 241-244.
Encrusted cystitis in an immunocompromised patient: Possible coinfection by Corynebacterium urealyticum and E-coli
FIORITI, DANIELA;CHINAZZI, Alessandro;PIETROPAOLO, Valeria Antonietta;CONTE, Maria Pia;SCHIPPA, Serena;GENTILE, Vincenzo;DE DOMINICIS, Carlo;CHIARINI, Fernanda
2006
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 coinfection, 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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
