Haemophilus influenzae acute pyelonephritis in the elderly.
Haemophilus influenzae has rarely been implicated as the causative agent of urinary tract infections in adults. We report a case of H. influenzae pyelonephritis in a 78-year old man with benign prostatic hyperplasia and discuss the possible underestimation of the true incidence of H. influenzae in adult urinary tract infections.
Demetrios
Papaioannides
P
Department of Medicine, Arta General Hospital, Arta, Greece.
Constantine
Bouropoulos
B
Demetrios
Sinapides
S
Nikolaos
Akritidis
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D006192:Haemophilus Infections; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000382:microbiology*