Cystitis : Updates and Challenges

Among inflammatory disorders of the urinary tract, cystitis is the most common.

A significant increase in the prevalence of this condition is reported by epidemiological investigations, and its diagnostic and therapeutic approach often represents a challenge.

Bacterial cystitis is becoming difficult to treat, especially if chronic or recurrent, due to the increase of drug resistance among the responsible pathogens.

Chronic non-infectious cystitis is also difficult to treat because its pathophysiologic mechanisms are still not completely understood.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of bladder inflammation, focusing on etiopathogenesis, pathophysiology, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the main types of infectious and non-infectious cystitis in both adults and children.

It also addresses radiation cystitis as well as iatrogenic cystitis.