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- Title
Emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Candida species: first case in the English literature.
- Authors
Bayrak, Ömer; Seçkiner, İlker; Bulut, Ersan; Erturhan, Sakıp Mehmet
- Abstract
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is an acute severe necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma and its surrounding tissues that results in the presence of gas in the renal parenchyma, collecting system or perinephric tissue. Our case was a 46-year-old diabetic woman who was referred to us from the emergency department. This is the first case of emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Candida species in the English literature.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL pain; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIFUNGAL agents; BLOOD testing; CANDIDA; DISEASE complications; FEVER; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL complications; TOMOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; TREATMENT effectiveness; ACUTE diseases; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Urology, 2012, Vol 38, Issue 4, p244
- ISSN
1300-5804
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5152/tud.2012.049