Imaging and Intervention in Urinary Tract Infections and Urosepsis

Part I. Clinicians’ Current Perspectives on Urinary Tract Infections

1. Introduction
Massimo Tonolini

2. Introduction to Urinary Tract Infections: An Overview on Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Microbiology and Treatment Options
Maria Diletta Pezzani, Spinello Antinori

3. Uncomplicated and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections in Adults: The Infectious Diseases’s Specialist Perspective
Spinello Antinori, Maria Diletta Pezzani

4. Perspective from the Urologist
Ai Ling Loredana Romanò, Antonio M. Granata

5. Perspective from the Andrologist
Antonio Maria Granata, Ai Ling Loredana Romanò

6. Nothing Is Simple in Acute Pyelonephritis: A Pragmatic, Semantic Nephrologist’s View
Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Francesca Ragni

Part II. Imaging of Upper Urinary Tract Infections

7. Ultrasound of Upper Urinary Tract Infections
Emilio Quaia, Antonio G. Gennari, Maria A. Cova

8. Cross-Sectional Imaging of Acute Pyeloureteritis and Pyonephrosis
Massimo Tonolini

9. CT Imaging and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pyelonephritis
Adriana Vella, Massimo Tonolini

10. Imaging of Extrarenal Spread, Fistulising and Atypical Pyelonephritis
Massimo Tonolini

11. MRI and DW-MRI of Acute Pyelonephritis (APN)
Andrea Veltri, Agostino Pascale, Dario Gned

12. Cross-Sectional Imaging of Renal Cyst Infection
Massimo Tonolini

13. Nuclear Medicine in the Management of Patient with Kidneys Intracystic Infection
Daniele Penna, Vincenzo Militano, Vincenzo Arena, Angelina Cistaro, Ettore Pelosi

Part III. Imaging of Lower Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections

14. Ultrasound of Lower Urinary Tract Infections
Emilio Quaia, Antonio G. Gennari, Maria A. Cova

15. Cross-Sectional Imaging of Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Seminal Vesicle Infections
Massimo Tonolini

16. Cross-Sectional Imaging of Urethral, Penile and Scrotal Infections
Massimo Tonolini

Part IV. Miscellaneous Topics

17. Cross-Sectional Imaging of Urosepsis
Massimo Tonolini

18. Modern Imaging of Urogenital Tuberculosis
Massimo Tonolini

19. Imaging Infections in Transplanted Kidneys
Stefano Palmucci, Pietro Valerio Foti, Massimiliano Veroux

20. Interventional Radiology for Drainage of Urine
Anna Maria Ierardi, Salvatore Alessio Angileri, Enrico Maria Fumarola, Gianpaolo Carrafiello

21. Interventional Radiology in the Treatment of Abscess Collections
Anna Maria Ierardi, Salvatore Alessio Angileri, Enrico Maria Fumarola, Filippo Piacentino, Natalie Lucchina, Domenico Laganà, Gianpaolo Carrafiello

22. Urinary Tract Infections in Infants and Children
Marcello Napolitano, Anna Ravelli

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Diagnostic Radiology, Urology, Nephrology