TY - JOUR
T1 - Emphysematous pyelonephritis in decompensated diabetes
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - El Rahman, Davide Abed
AU - Zanetti, Gianpaolo
AU - Ferruti, Mario
AU - Acquati, Pietro
AU - Maggioni, Augusto
AU - Oliva, Isabella
AU - Finkelberg, Elisabetta
AU - El Rahman, Sami Abed
AU - Zilocchi, Massimo
AU - Filizzolo, Marco
AU - Rocco, Francesco
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare and severe renal parenchyma necrotizing infection visible just in diabetic patients which results in gas presence - probably produced through the glucose fermentation process - in the collecting system, renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue (1-3). We present a case of a not known diabetic female patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis of the left kidney and emphysematous pyelitis of the controlateral kidney.
AB - Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare and severe renal parenchyma necrotizing infection visible just in diabetic patients which results in gas presence - probably produced through the glucose fermentation process - in the collecting system, renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue (1-3). We present a case of a not known diabetic female patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis of the left kidney and emphysematous pyelitis of the controlateral kidney.
KW - Decompensated diabetes
KW - Genito-urinary infection
KW - Lactose fermenting bacteria
KW - Pyelonephritis
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M3 - Article
C2 - 21826886
AN - SCOPUS:80051511845
VL - 83
SP - 108
EP - 111
JO - Archivio Italiano di Urologia Nefrologia Andrologia
JF - Archivio Italiano di Urologia Nefrologia Andrologia
SN - 1120-8538
IS - 2
ER -