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The Risk of Nosocomial Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Corynebacterium Urealyticum After Prostate Cancer Surgery Publisher



Baseri Z1 ; Shayestehpour M2, 3 ; Erfani Y4 ; Rasti A5 ; Romani B6, 7 ; Namin BM8 ; Vasmehjani AA9 ; Sadeghi K9 ; Yaghoubi S10
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  1. 1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Oncopathology Research Centre, Iran University Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E1, AB, Canada
  7. 7. Cellular and Molecular Research Center (CMRC), Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS), Ahvaz, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Microbiology of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, International Campus, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. Virology Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  10. 10. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran

Source: Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases Published:2019


Abstract

Corynebacterium urealyticum is a Gram-positive, lipophilic, multidrug resistant, and urease positive microorganism with diph-theroid morphology. C. urealyticum causes several diseases such as urinary tract infection, chronic urological disease, urinary tract infections, and bacteremia in immunocompromised individuals. This study reports a rare case with nosocomial infection and hematuria caused by multidrug-resistant C. urealyticum after prostate cancer surgery. © 2019, Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases.