Infection and Drug Resistance (Oct 2022)
A Case of Misdiagnosed as Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction Caused by the Fungal Ball
Abstract
Jian Liu, Ying Jiang, Zhe Liu, Qun Song, Zhuo Li Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Zhuo Li, Tel +8615197591937, Email [email protected]: Upper urinary tract obstruction caused by fungal balls is a rare urinary system disease. We admitted an elderly man with symptoms of urinary tract infection and diabetes mellitus. When the patient was transported into the hospital, a CT scan revealed right renal pelvis dilatation and gas buildup, routine urinalysis showing full field of view of white blood cells and middle urinary bacteria and fungi cultures came back negative, leading to the incorrect diagnosis of emphysematous pyelonephritis with Aerogenes infection. When the diagnosis is confirmed, surgery and antifungal therapy are used to deal with both the obstruction and the fungal ball.Keywords: fungal ball, urinary tract obstruction, misdiagnosed, emphysematous pyelonephritis, infection
