Imaging and Intervention in Urinary Tract Infections and Urosepsis

Aimed at practicing clinicians and radiologists, this volume provides up-to-date, detailed information on potentially severe urinary tract infections (UTIs), which frequently require intensive in-patient antibiotic therapy, percutaneous or surgical treatment. According to the guidelines issued by the European Association of Urology, complicated urinary tract infections (C-UTIs) are those associated with structural or functional genitourinary abnormalities or with conditions that impair the host defence mechanisms, leading to an increased risk of acquiring infection or therapy failing. UTIs are the most prevalent infectious illness, and account for hundreds of thousands of emergency and hospital admissions yearly. Furthermore, UTIs are the most common (almost 40%) type of hospital-acquired infections, with bladder catheterisation being the key risk factor. Besides offering current perspectives from urologists, nephrologists, and specialists in infectious diseases, the book presents the techniques and highlights the role of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in providing comprehensive investigation of UTIs and systemic infection from unknown sources. Cross-sectional imaging may be useful to diagnose lower urinary infections involving the prostate, seminal vesicles, urethra, perineum and scrotum, in which manifestations often overlap with pre-existing chronic complaints secondary to the underlying urogenital dysfunction. Lastly, the expanding role and possibilities of interventional radiology in the treatment of severe urinary tract infections are discussed. This book will be of interest to radiologists, oncologists and to all professionals devoted to Cross-sectional imaging.