Conservative management of emphysematous pyelonephritis

Emphysematous pyelonephritis, though uncommon, is a severe necrotizing kidney infection common in patients with diabetes. Surgical treatment has been advocated as the treatment of choice in most of the patients. We present the clinical course of an elderly lady who presented with emphysematous pyelo...

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Autores principales: Laway, Bashir Ahmad, Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad, Bashir, Mir Iftikhar, Ganie, Mohd Ashraf, Mir, Shahnaz Ahmad, Daga, Riyaz Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3313756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470875
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.93776
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Sumario:Emphysematous pyelonephritis, though uncommon, is a severe necrotizing kidney infection common in patients with diabetes. Surgical treatment has been advocated as the treatment of choice in most of the patients. We present the clinical course of an elderly lady who presented with emphysematous pyelonephritis and was successfully managed with medical treatment despite the presence of adverse prognostic factors like acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia.

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