Urinary Tract Infection Caused by in a Patient With Spina Bifida, an Ileal Conduit and Renal Caluli Progressing to Peri-nephric Abscess and Empyema.

Urological problems are common in spina bifida and are often treated with urinary diversions. Spina bifida and ileal conduits put patients at increased risk for ascending urinary tract infections. Here we present a novel case of a urinary tract infection complicated by a perinephric abscess with pleural extension. To our knowledge, no case of an ascending UTI progressing to peri-nephric abscess and empyema by direct extension exists in the literature.