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- Case Report Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Solitary Kidney Managed Successfully by Percutaneous Drainage
- Yong Hwang, U Hyuk Jang, Dong Hun Yu, Kyung Han Kim, Joon Hwa Noh
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경피배액술로 치료한 단일신의 공기증깔때기콩팥염 - 황용, 장우혁, 유동훈, 김경한, 노준화
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Urogenital Tract Infection 2008;3(1):104-107.
Published online: April 30, 2008
From the Department of Urology, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Kwangju, Korea
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Abstract
Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an uncommon serious suppurative infection chracterized by the production of intrarenal and perirenal gas and generally occurs in patient with diabetes mellitus or urinary tract obstruction. We report a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis treated successfully with percutaneous drainage in 67 year old diabetic woman with contralateral atrophic kidney and pneumonia. She has been treated with anticoagulant due to acute cerebral infarction.
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