Comment on “Necrotizing Urethritis due to Aerococcus urinae”

Abstract EN

I read with interest the case report of a man with necrotizing urethritis caused by Aerococcus urinae by Babaeer and coworkers [1].

This report clearly describes a novel and serious clinical presentation of an infection claimed to be caused by Aerococcus urinae.

Soft tissue infections in the genital area caused by this organism have been described previously [2, 3] but the case described by Babaeer et al.

adds important information on a severe course of infection.

However, important questions regarding the aetiology in this case remain unanswered.