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The patient was a 38-year-old man who had experienced nausea and fever for a few days and presented with back pain, oliguria, and pyuria, suggesting acute pyelonephritis (APN). He showed acute kidney injury (AKI) with bilateral kidney enlargement and was using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
In this series, nine pregnant patients had appendectomy. Seven patients had acute appendicitis; pyuria and symptoms suggesting urinary tract infection delayed diagnosis in one whose appendix perforated. Abdominal pain and nausea with or without vomiting were presenting symptoms in all of the
A new sulfonamide, sulfacytine, was compared in a double-blind study with sulfisoxazole for the treatment of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in 98 outpatients. Patients received either 4 gm. sulfisoxazole or 1 gm. sulfacytine daily for 10 days. Evaluation was made of the bacteriologic
Aortic dissection is a life-threatening illness requiring early diagnosis and treatment. Uncommon early presentations mimicking various illnesses can delay diagnosis. This case study describes a 44-year-old woman with type B aortic dissection initially presenting as acute pyelonephritis (APN). Early
Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare life-threatening condition affecting almost exclusively patients with diabetes mellitus. Symptoms, which include fever, chills, abdominal and flank pain, nausea, vomiting, dysuria and pyuria, usually mimic those of classic pyelonephritis, and thus
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Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the second most common infection in geriatric population. This study investigated clinical findings, diagnostic approaches, complicating factors, prognosis, causative microorganisms and antimicrobial susceptibility in geriatric patients diagnosed with
Testicular torsion is characterized by the sudden onset of testicular pain associated with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Fever is unusual and urinalysis is often normal. Fever, pyuria, dysuria and urethral discharge are characteristic of epididymitis. Radionuclide scanning and Doppler
Cinoxacin was administered to 30 outpatients with chronic complicated urinary tract infection for 57.3 days (average) and the following results were obtained. Clinical efficacy based on decrease of pyuria were "excellent" in 44.8%, "good" in 31.0%, "fair" in 24.1%, and "poor" in 0%; and, overall
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical efficacy of long-term administration of ofloxacin (OFLX) to the patients following transurethral resection of the prostate. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: A and B. All the patients were administered flomoxef (FMOX)
The results of two therapeutic trials in female patients with uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (A) and in male patients with uncomplicated urethral gonorrhoea (B) treated with either 200 mg and 400 mg enoxacin orally, of one therapeutic trial in male patients with uncomplicated urogenital
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Indinavir sulfate is an effective protease inhibitor of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Use is associated with a significant incidence of crystallization and stone formation in the urinary tract, and these calculi are not visible on plain radiographs. Previously all urinary
A 67-year-old male with history of well controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension developed acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) with nephrotic-range proteinuria during treatment with cefazolin for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteremia. The
At present, no universally-accepted effective treatment for cutaneous gnathostomiasis is available. At the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mahidol University, albendazole 400 mg twice a day for 14 days is commonly prescribed for patients diagnosed with cutaneous gnathostomiasis. The efficacy of
A case of intestinovesical fistula secondary to leukemic infiltration is described. The patient was known to have chronic lymphocytic leukemia and had been receiving chemotherapy fo ten months. She presented complaining of nausea, vomiting and vague abdominal pain. She initially denied genitourinary
Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor that is used commonly in the treatment of acid-peptic disorders. Although omeprazole is generally well tolerated, serious adverse effects such as renal failure have been reported. Thus far, 17 cases of acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) secondary to omeprazole