Pyocystis in patients on chronic dialysis. A potentially misdiagnosed syndrome

Int Urol Nephrol. 2002;34(3):415-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1024466206414.

Abstract

Pyocystis is an important complication of non-functioning urinary bladder, which often poses diagnostic difficulties. We present a case of pyocystis in a patient on chronic hemodialysis who was anuric for one year. The patient was initially diagnosed with diverticulitis. An abdominal C-T scan suggested the diagnosis of pyocystis, which was confirmed by bladder catheterization. The patient was treated with bladder drainage and a prolonged antibiotic course, followed by intermittent saline washing of the bladder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Diverticulitis / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Ofloxacin