| Literature DB >> 27018414 |
Gaku Yamamichi1, Masahiro Nakagawa1, Takuya Okusa1, Ayumu Taniguchi1, Toshichika Iwanishi1, Kyosuke Matsuzaki1, Go Tanigawa1, Koichi Tsutahara1, Ryoichi Imamura1, Tetsuya Takao1, Seiji Yamaguchi1.
Abstract
A 96-year-old woman was diagnosed with colitis in our hospital. Her past history was breast cancer and lung cancer but no diabetes mellitus. She suddenly complained of lower abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed intramural gas in the bladder wall and multiple poor contrasting area in her right kidney, which suggested emphysematous cystitis and acute focal bacterial nephritis. Indwelling urethral catheter was performed for bladder drainage and the treatment with antibiotics started. Urine culture revealed Klebsiella pneumoniae and blood culture was negative. After 3 weeks, the abdominal CT confirmed the decrease of gas within the bladder wall and improvement of contrasting area in the right kidney.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27018414
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hinyokika Kiyo ISSN: 0018-1994