Corynebacterium urealyticum (CDC Group D2) associated with staghorn calculus: treatment by percutaneous debulking and chemolysis

J Endourol. 1996 Feb;10(1):31-4. doi: 10.1089/end.1996.10.31.

Abstract

We report the formation of a staghorn calculus in a transplanted kidney caused by infection with a urea-splitting Corynebacterium group D2 organism. The stone was debulked percutaneously followed by intravenous vancomycin administration and urinary acidification with oral acetohydroxamic acid, leading to clearance of nearly all of the stone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / complications*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / drug therapy
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydroxamic Acids / therapeutic use*
  • Kidney Calculi / microbiology
  • Kidney Calculi / therapy*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Male
  • Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / methods*
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*
  • Reoperation
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Hydroxamic Acids
  • acetohydroxamic acid
  • Vancomycin