Sexual acquisition of acute pyelonephritis in a man.
A 51-year-old man presented with acute cystitis at a time when his wife was admitted with symptoms of acute pyelonephritis. Before the man developed his symptoms his wife had complained of urinary frequency and dysuria for a 2-week period. Two weeks after a 10-day course with trimethoprim he experienced a relapse manifesting as acute febrile pyelonephritis. The strains of Escherichia coli isolated from the urine of both patients belonged to the same serotype O51, O117:K1, were non-haemolytic, produced aerobactin, expressed P-fimbriae, and showed identical antibiotic susceptibility pattern. The findings strongly suggest that the E. coli strain might have been sexually transmitted from the wife to her husband.
Hebelka
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Hospital, Uddevalla, Sweden.
Lincoln
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Sandberg
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D003556:Cystitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012725:Sexual Behavior