To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) in relieving symptoms of interstitial cystitis, the authors retrospectively reviewed charts of 260 patients in whom interstitial cystitis had been diagnosed. Subsequently, they conducted a follow-up phone interview or mail survey of those patients who were treated with PPS to investigate changes in the patients' symptoms, ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com leading to a decrease in the working capacity and quality of life of a woman. By definition, cystitis is an infectious-inflammatory process in the wall of the bladder, mainly in the mucous membrane [1]. This disease is very common: the incidence rate among women 20-40 years is 25-35%. About 30% of women throughout their lives at least once fall ill ...

The rare case of a sailor with uncontrolled diabetes who presented with emphysematous cystitis is reported. Emphysematous cystitis was detected by means of bladder ultrasound and the patient surprisingly remained without fever and in a good general state of health. The causal bacterium was not able to be isolated because the patient had begun early antibiotic treatment and had also undergone co...

Purpose: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination has been administered to most infants at birth in Korea; however, tuberculosis (TB) remains extant. TB can leave sequelae on chest radiography according to the immune response of the host. We investigated the symptoms of cystitis after intravesica instillations in bladder cancer, depending on the TB sequelae on chest radiography. Materials and...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of hemorrhagic cystitis following bone marrow transplantation in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study involved an analysis of clinical material and the results of imaging tests performed in 334 patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation. Ultrasonographic findings in 42 patient...

Introduction: Encrusted cystitis is extremely rare and severe chronic infection of the bladder causing intolerable function and serious consequences for the patient. Case Report: Herein, we report a new case of encrusted cystitis complicated by rupture of the bladder, septic peritonitis and uroperitoneum, and digestive fistula in a 57-year-old male and

THIS CASE REPORT DESCRIBES AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF AN ATYPICAL DISEASE ENTITY: Emphysematous Cystitis, a rapidly progressive, ascending urinary tract infection, in an emergency department (ED) patient whose chief complaint was abdominal pain and who had a urinalysis not consistent with the diagnosis of cystitis.

Accepted for publication: February 25th, 2013 Summary.OBJECTIVES: Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) presenting with gross hematuria, bladder pain and urinary frequency develops in 13-38% of patients following bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The objective of the study was to study the characteristics of patients suffering hemorrhagic cystitis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in our center.

Tissue damage is usually regarded as a necessary price to pay for successful elimination of pathogens by the innate immune defense. Yet, it is possible to distinguish protective from destructive effects of innate immune activation and selectively attenuate molecular nodes that create pathology. Here, we identify acute cystitis as an Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β)-driven, hyper-inflammatory conditio...

BACKGROUND Alterations in serum CXCR3 ligand levels were examined in interstitial cystitis (IC) patients; similar expression patterns in serum as well as CXCR3, CXCR3 ligands, and cytokines expressed by peripheral and local leukocyte subpopulations were characterized during cyclophosphamide (CYP)-induced acute cystitis in mice. RESULTS Serum levels of monokine-induced by interferon-gamma (IFN...