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
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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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author Laway, Bashir Ahmad
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33137562012-04-02 Conservative management of emphysematous pyelonephritis Laway, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad Bashir, Mir Iftikhar Ganie, Mohd Ashraf Mir, Shahnaz Ahmad Daga, Riyaz Ahmad Indian J Endocrinol Metab Case Report 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. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3313756/ /pubmed/22470875 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.93776 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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