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X Ferrière

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PubMed1991

[Emphysematous pyelonephritis associated to urogenital tuberculosis].

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare condition which in most cases occurs as a result of Escherichia coli infection of the urinary tract in patients known as being diabetic. The gas-filled abscesses carry a high mortality rate, especially when the antibiotic treatment is not combined with early surgery. We report a case where the failure of medical treatment led to curative nephrectomy. Unusually, diabetes was revealed by the pyelonephritis. Another particularity of this case was that the emphysematous pyelonephritis was associated with genitourinary tuberculosis. This association, of which no other example could be found in the literature, is discussed.

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PubMed1990

[Emphysematous pyelonephritis. Apropos of a case].

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare form of pyelonephritis that carries a very poor prognosis. This article reports a review of the literature on this condition and describes the clinical and roentgenographic criteria for diagnosis. Diagnosis rests on the presence of clinical manifestations of pyelonephritis with intrarenal air-filled images on the roentgenograms. Both the author's personal experience and the data from the literature confirm the need for urgent treatment combining antimicrobial agents effective against Escherichia coli, the most common causative agent, and surgery, which usually consists in a nephrectomy.

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