Current management of emphysematous pyelonephritis

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 272-279

  Pontin, Alan R ^a   Barnes, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NEPHRECTOMY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPHYSEMA;

DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 75749116673     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.51     Document Type: Review

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