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Pyocystis in patients on chronic dialysis. A potentially misdiagnosed syndrome
John L Bibb1, Karen S Servilla, Lawrence J Gibel
1Medicine Service, Urology Section, and Radiology Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA.
International Urology and Nephrology
|August 6, 2003
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.