Emphysematous pyelonephritis

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Nayeemuddin, Mohammed ^a,b   Wiseman, Oliver J ^b   Turner, Alan G ^b  

^a Worcester Warwick Basic Surgical Rotation   (United Kingdom)

^b EDITH CAVELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emphysematous pyelonephritis; Indwelling urinary catheter; Intravenous pyelogram; Nephrolithiasis; Simple nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLADDER DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SEPTICEMIA; STONE FORMATION; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETER; ULTRASOUND; URETER DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EMPHYSEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 20344399886     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0095     Document Type: Article

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