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Title
EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS: A CASE REPORT
Authors
NS, Neki
Description
Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare life threatening fulminant necrotizing infection of the kidney with high mortality. It is characterized by characteristic gas formation within or around the kidney on radiological investigations, while E.Coli is the most common causative organism. We report a case of 60 year old female suffering from diabetes mellitus since 3 years, who presented with high grade fever, abdominal pain, vomiting and dysuria. She was diagnosed as a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis and successfully treated.
KEYWORDS: Emphysematous pyelonephritis; Antibiotics.
Source
International Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research; Volume 3, Issue 3; July 2017; 50-52
Publisher
Sumathi Publications
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Date
2017-07-28
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Rights
Copyright (c) 2017 Neki NS, Neeraj Joshi, Gagandeep Singh Shergill, Amandeep Singh Dhanju