Title: Staphylococcus saprophyticus Urinary Tract Infection in Men:... : Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Headings: Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Urinary Tract Infection in Men: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Staphylococcus saprophyticus Urinary Tract Infection in Men: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Content: 6 Evidences suggest that about 75% of patients have predisposing cause or have undertaken iatrogenic measures, and almost half of patients have indwelling foley catheters. 6-8 Thus, although S. saprophyticus causes uncomplicated UTI in women, it causes complicated UTI in men. The reason for this variation is unclear and warrants further investigation. In addition to UTIs, it may be an important pathogen in bacterial prostatitis. 9 In one series, it was isolated from urethral specimens of 35/170 men with symptoms of urethritis, suggesting that it may be an etiologic agent in some cases of nongonococcal urethritis. 10
The clinical features of S. saprophyticus resemble those of other UTIs. Bacteremia and systemic toxicity are rare even when upper UTI occurs. In our review of literature, we did not find any report of bacteremia in male patients who have UTI by S. saprophyticus. Our patient also has negative blood cultures. Microbiologically S. saprophyticus can be easily differentiated from other coagulase-negative staphylococci by testing for novobiocin resistance.