Fluconazole treatment in Torulopsis glabrata upper urinary tract infection causing ureteral obstruction

X Corbella; J Carratala; M Castells; B Berlanga

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37494-3

Fluconazole treatment in Torulopsis glabrata upper urinary tract infection causing ureteral obstruction

J Urol. 1992 Apr;147(4):1116-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37494-3.

Authors

X Corbella¹, J Carratala, M Castells, B Berlanga

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Disease, Bellvitge Hospital, University of Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 1552604
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37494-3

Abstract

We report a case of Torulopsis glabrata upper urinary tract infection causing ureteral obstruction. The infection was successfully treated with fluconazole, a new triazole derivative, combined with ureteral catheterization.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Candidiasis / complications
Candidiasis / drug therapy*
Female
Fluconazole / therapeutic use*
Humans
Middle Aged
Ureteral Diseases / complications
Ureteral Diseases / drug therapy*
Ureteral Obstruction / microbiology*

Substances

Fluconazole