Encrusting cystitis due to Corynebacterium urealyticum in a patient with ANCA-associated vasculitis: case report and review of the literature.

Objectives: To report a patient with systemic ANCA-associated vasculitis, under maintenance treatment, who had persistent microscopic hematuria and developed recurrent pelvic pain due to Corynebacterium urealyticum encrusting cystitis. The relevant literature on this infection is reviewed.

Methods: Descriptive case report and a review of the literature (PubMed search).