Foul smelling urine in an adult caused by .

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Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, the Netherlands.

Published: December 2022

We describe the first adult case with positive urine cultures as the proven cause of recurrent socially disabling malodorous urine. Bacterial strain specific factors as well as host factors are shown to play a role. The condition can be resolved with proper antibiotics.

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