Candida tropicalis-associated bilateral renal papillary necrosis and emphysematous pyelonephritis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 473-475

  Wu, V C ^a,b   Fang, C C ^b   Li, W Y ^b   Hsueh, P R ^b   Chu, T S ^b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Candida tropicalis; Emphysematous pyelonephritis; Renal papillary necrosis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY PAPILLA NECROSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 10644250745     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp62473     Document Type: Article

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