PubMed · 9214213
[Emphysematous pyelonephritis].
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To present an uncommon but startling case of a urinary tract infectious disease such as renal emphysematous pyelonephritis. METHOD/RESULTS: We report the case of a decompensated diabetic female patient who presented an intrarenal infectious picture with gas formation compatible with emphysematous pyelonephritis that showed good evolution following medical treatment and simple nephrectomy surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a serious infective disease that occurs almost exclusively in diabetic patients and requires a fast and correct diagnosis differentiating between diffuse from focused processes in order to advise conservative or aggressive therapy on the renal unit (percutaneous drainage/nephrectomy), based on immediate hemodynamic and antibiotic medical support, due to its serious prognosis such as is described in the literature.
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R J Valbuena Alvarez, J L Cajide Montero, J L Santos-Ascarza Tabares, M De la Rosa Kehrmann, J Rodríguez De la Rua, O Esteban Hernández, A Barreiro Mouro. 1997. [Emphysematous pyelonephritis].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9214213/
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