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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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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.