Successful medical management of emphysematous pyelonephritis [9]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 262-263

  Najjar, Mamoun ^a   Gouda, Hossam E ^a   Rodriguez, Pedro ^b   Ahmed, Shadab ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; KETONE; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTERIAL PH; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINE CULTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 0037101981     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01168-3     Document Type: Letter

References (9)

1. Pangoux C., Cazaala J.B., Mejean A., et al. Emphysematous pyelonephritis in diabetics review of reported cases . [in French] Rev Med Interne. 18:1997;888-892.
2. Shokeir A.A., El-Azab M., Mohsen T., El-Diasty T. Emphysematous pyelonephritis a 15-year experience with 20 cases . Urology. 49:1997;343-346.
3. Heritier P., Perraud Y., Selles M., et al. Emphysematous pyelonephritis. [in French] J Urol (Paris). 96:1990;60-61.
4. Kuo Y.T., Chen M.T., Liu G.C., et al. Emphysematous pyelonephritis imaging diagnosis and follow up . Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 15:1999;159-170.
5. Goldman S.M., Fishman E.K. Upper urinary tract infection the current role of CT, ultrasound, and MRI . Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 12:1991;335-360.
6. Wan Y.L., Lee T.Y., Bullard M.J., Tsai C.C. Acute gas-producing bacterial renal infection correlation between imaging findings and clinical outcome . Radiology. 198:1996;433-438.
7. Labussiere A.S., Gazaigne J., Walker P., Laplace M. Emphysematous pyelonephritis a case medically treated . [in French] J Urol (Paris). 102:1996;127-129.
8. Nagappan R., Kletchko S. Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis resolving to medical therapy. J Intern Med. 232:1992;77-80.
9. Punnose J., Yahya T.M., Premchandran J.S., Ahmed H.F. Emphysematous pyelonephritis responding to medical therapy. Int J Clin Pract. 51:1997;468-470.