A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis

Asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease. Diabetes mellitus is the most recognised risk factor. Aim of this case report is to review evidence of emphysematous pyelonephritis to identify risk factors and treatment options.

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Autores principales: Yeung, AMH, Cheng, CH, Chu, PSK, Man, CW, Chau, H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100962
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spelling pubmed-66615322019-08-02 A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis Yeung, AMH Cheng, CH Chu, PSK Man, CW Chau, H Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease. Diabetes mellitus is the most recognised risk factor. Aim of this case report is to review evidence of emphysematous pyelonephritis to identify risk factors and treatment options. Elsevier 2019-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6661532/ /pubmed/31380220 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100962 Text en © 2019 The Authors 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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Man, CW
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A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis
title A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_full A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_fullStr A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis
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title_short A rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_sort rare case of asymptomatic emphysematous pyelonephritis
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100962
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