Emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Bacteroides fragilis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2575-2577

  Liao, Hung Wei ^a   Chen, Tso Hsiao ^a   Lin, Ke Hsun ^a   Lin, Hsin Hung ^b   Hsu, Yung Ho ^a   Hou, Chun Chen ^a   Sue, Yuh Mou ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Bacteriodes fragilis; Emphysematous pyelonephritis; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EMPHYSEMA; FEVER; HEMINEPHRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYURIA; RETROPERITONEUM; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URETER STONE;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPHYSEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 27644493297     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi146     Document Type: Article

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