title: Severe emphysematous cystitis: Outcome after seven days of antibiotics.
abstract: We present the case of a 70-year-old woman with emphysematous cystitis. She was a diabetic patient and she was on chemotherapy treatment for a breast cancer. She complaint of severe asthenia and pain in her right lower extremity, but no fever or urinary symptoms. A computed tomography (CT) scan was suggestive of severe emphysematous cystitis. Emphysematous cystitis is a rare clinically entity, more commonly seen in diabetic, immunocompromised patients. A conservative treatment approach using antibiotics and bladder catheterization is typically successful, with a complication rate less than 20%.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sereno
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez-Raposo
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Gómez
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casado