“I have chicken fat in my urine!” A case of Candida tropicalis induced emphysematous pyelitis

A patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presented with fever and flank pain. A computed tomography scan showed free air within both collecting systems. A diagnosis of emphysematous pyelitis was made after other alternative diagnoses were ruled out. Urine culture grew Candida tropicalis. The em...

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Autores principales: Alansari, Ahmed, Borras, Manuel Duran, Boma, Noella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.01.004
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description A patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presented with fever and flank pain. A computed tomography scan showed free air within both collecting systems. A diagnosis of emphysematous pyelitis was made after other alternative diagnoses were ruled out. Urine culture grew Candida tropicalis. The emphysematous pyelitis resolved with conservative management using antifungal therapy.
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spelling pubmed-47443362016-02-23 “I have chicken fat in my urine!” A case of Candida tropicalis induced emphysematous pyelitis Alansari, Ahmed Borras, Manuel Duran Boma, Noella Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presented with fever and flank pain. A computed tomography scan showed free air within both collecting systems. A diagnosis of emphysematous pyelitis was made after other alternative diagnoses were ruled out. Urine culture grew Candida tropicalis. The emphysematous pyelitis resolved with conservative management using antifungal therapy. Elsevier 2016-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4744336/ /pubmed/26909246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.01.004 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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“I have chicken fat in my urine!” A case of Candida tropicalis induced emphysematous pyelitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744336/
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