Successful medical treatment of emphysematous pyelonephritis in a renal allograft recipient

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 755-758

  Baliga, K V ^a,b   Narula, A S ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Khanduja, R ^a   Manrai, M ^a   Debnath, J ^a   Sandhu, A S ^a  

^a CHSC   (India)

^b Command Hospital ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Emphysematous pyelonephritis; Renal allograft

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPENEM; INSULIN; KETONE BODY; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RIGOR; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING;

EMPHYSEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548306787     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220701460434     Document Type: Article

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