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BPS/IC and CONFUSABLE DISEASES:  
literature on Corynebacterium urealyticum and BPS/IC
 
The ESSIC obtained consensus on a new classification of IC and proposes to replace the name interstitial cystitis (IC) by bladder pain syndrome (BPS) followed by a type indication. In a transition period the name bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) could be used parallel with BPS. Click here for more details.

 
 
  • Chronic cystitis caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum detected by polymerase chain reaction.
    Simoons-Smit AM, Savelkoul PH, Newling DW, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2000;19:949-52
    • a case of a 73-year-old man with chronic cystitis due to Corynebacterium urealyticum is described
    • it should be noted that routine urine cultures were negative, but prolonged culture on sheep blood agar led to the isolation and identification of Corynebacterium urealyticum; identification was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction on the colonies
    • the patient was treated successfully with vancomycin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
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