Percutaneous therapy delivers medications directly into the collecting system, allowing high
local concentrations while avoiding potential systemic complications. In this chapter …

High urinary colony counts of Candida may develop in patients with prolonged indwelling
bladder catheters, multiple antibiotic usage and compromised host resistance. Serum …

Widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs,
and antineoplastic agents predispose patients to fungal infections of the urinary tract. In …

Fungal colonization or infection of the urinary system is common, particularly in patients with
severe illness. Among funguria cases, Candida sp make up the majority of pathogens …

Miconazole was used as a fungistatic genitourinary irrigant in the management of 10
patients with persistent candiduria. All patients were in the older age group, with a mean age …

Genitourinary fungal infections are often difficult to eradicate with antibiotics alone. We
describe a case in which obstructive uropathy secondary to Candida albicans infection with …

Despite the more than 100 species of fungi that have pathogenic potential for humans, only
a few species caused the 27,200 nosocomial infections (7.9%) that were reported to the …

A review of the indications, contraindications, dosage, and side effects of various drugs
including: amphotericin B for use in coccidio [ido] mycosis, torulosis, histo-plasmosis, and …

Fungal urinary tract infection has become a frequent clinical entity, Despite limited
evaluation of its efficacy, bladder irrigation with amphotericin B has become the usual …

The over-all incidence of fungal infections clearly is increasing, presumably because of the
expanding population of immunocompromised patients who are at risk of acquiring fungal …