Emphysematous Cystitis with Bladder Rupture by Candida albicans.
- Author:
Ki Seong KIM
1
;
Sun You MOON
;
Jang Uk YOON
;
Seung Soon LEE
;
Jin Seon CHO
;
Doo Ryeon CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea. drchung@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Emphysematous cystitis;
Bladder;
Spontaneous rupture;
Candida albicans
- MeSH:
Candida albicans*;
Candida*;
Cystitis*;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Humans;
Rupture*;
Rupture, Spontaneous;
Urinary Bladder*;
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
- From:
Infection and Chemotherapy
2005;37(2):107-110
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Emphysematous cystitis is an uncommon life-threatening disease, which often occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus or neurogenic bladder. Bacterial etiologies are common, while cases by Candida species have been very rarely reported. To date, only six cases of Candida albicans related emphysematous cystitis have been reported; two cases resulted in bladder repture and the causative organisms were non-albicans Candida species. We report the first case of emphysematous cystitis caused by Candida albicans accompanying a spontaneous bladder rupture with the review of literatures.
