title: Encrusted cystitis.
abstract: We report a case of a patient who developed encrusted cystitis after transurethral resection of the prostate. This rare urological condition is characterized by intramucosal calcifications and is commonly preceded by urological instrumentation. Urea-splitting bacteria, most commonly Corynebacterium urealyticum, are the causative pathogen. Treatment is a combination of antibiotics, urine acidification, and endoscopic removal of encrustations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Seth A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Strope
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003556:Cystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging