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Eosinophilic cystitis induced by penicillin

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A 30-year-old women developed classic symptoms of painful bladder disease and eosinophilic cystitis as an adverse effect of penicillin for abdominal actinomycosis. The symptoms were reversible after stopping penicillin.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Ingegerd Balslev

  2. From the Section of Urology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Anna Tsakiri & Peter Klarskov

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Tsakiri, A., Balslev, I. & Klarskov, P. Eosinophilic cystitis induced by penicillin. Int Urol Nephrol 36, 159–161 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000034663.53795.25

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