Al Zein Said
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Oct 12;13(10):e18722. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18722. eCollection 2021 Oct.
Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a form of complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) well described in patients with diabetes. Other known risk factors include urinary tract obstruction, older age, and female gender. This case describes a patient who developed emphysematous cystitis while receiving induction therapy with intravenous cyclophosphamide to treat antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis that presented with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN). The association between cyclophosphamide therapy and emphysematous cystitis has only been reported twice in literature.
气肿性膀胱炎(EC)是糖尿病患者中一种描述详尽的复杂性尿路感染(UTI)形式。其他已知的风险因素包括尿路梗阻、高龄和女性。本病例描述了一名患者,该患者在接受静脉注射环磷酰胺诱导治疗以治疗表现为快速进展性肾小球肾炎(RPGN)的抗中性粒细胞胞浆抗体(ANCA)相关性血管炎时发生了气肿性膀胱炎。环磷酰胺治疗与气肿性膀胱炎之间的关联在文献中仅被报道过两次。