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He was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, and the abscess in the urachal remnant was drained. In cultures from the purulent urachal remnant, Bacteroides ovatus, Anaerococcus vaginalis, Bacteroides uniformis, and Peptostreptococcus stomatis were detected. After 2 months, the urachal remnant infection had not relapsed. Conclusions: This report presents the first documented case of an infected urachal remnant in which four anaerobic microorganisms were identified. In patients with fever, abdominal pain, and discharge from the umbilicus, physicians should consider the possibility of an infected urachal remnant in their differential diagnosis. Treatment should include appropriate antibiotic therapy to cover anaerobic organisms, and in cases where the clinical course does not improve, drainage of the urachal remnant may be necessary.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports8040255","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,3]],"date-time":"2025-12-03T10:34:01Z","timestamp":1764758041000},"page":"255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Complex Microbial Infection of Urachal Remnant: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8005-7645","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Koji","family":"Tajima","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Internal Medicine, Kokuho Nokami Kosei Sogo Hospital, 198 Shobata, Kimino-cho, Kaiso-gun, Wakayama 640-1141, Japan"},{"name":"Division of Surgery, Kokuho Nokami Kosei Sogo Hospital, 198 Shobata, Kimino-cho, Kaiso-gun, Wakayama 640-1141, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3120-6605","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tsuneaki","family":"Kenzaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Community Medicine and Career Development, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-5, Arata-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe 652-0032, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ayaka","family":"Arimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Internal Medicine, Kokuho Nokami Kosei Sogo Hospital, 198 Shobata, Kimino-cho, Kaiso-gun, Wakayama 640-1141, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shota","family":"Nokubo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Internal Medicine, Kokuho Nokami Kosei Sogo Hospital, 198 Shobata, Kimino-cho, Kaiso-gun, Wakayama 640-1141, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hisanobu","family":"Deguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Internal Medicine, Kokuho Nokami Kosei Sogo Hospital, 198 Shobata, Kimino-cho, Kaiso-gun, Wakayama 640-1141, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-7599.2010.00580.x","article-title":"Enhancing nurse practitioner understanding of urachal anomalies","volume":"23","author":"Severson","year":"2011","journal-title":"J. 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