https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2015.553

Emphysematous pyelonephritis: a case report

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2015)
Submitted: 19 October 2014
Accepted: 4 January 2015
Published: 21 July 2015
Diabetes mellitus, emphysematous pyelonephritis, urinary tract infection.
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Fabrizio Tiratterra
f.tiratterra@virgilio.it
Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Ludovica Feigusch
Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Chiara Villani
Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Patrizia Marchetti
Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Umberto Recine
Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a severe, life-threatening, necrotizing kidney disease. It occurs almost exclusively in patients with diabetes mellitus. The clinical manifestations are those of pyelonephritis such as dysuria, fever, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The diagnosis is radiological. The treatment strategies are controversial. They include medical management only, percutaneous catheter drainage plus medical management, emergency nephrectomy plus medical treatment or percutaneous drainage plus medical management and emergency nephrectomy. We present the case of a 68-year-old woman affected by emphysematous pyelonephritis successfully managed with conservative medical treatment.

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Tiratterra, F., Feigusch, L., Villani, C., Marchetti, P., & Recine, U. (2015). Emphysematous pyelonephritis: a case report. Italian Journal of Medicine, 9(4), 370–372. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2015.553

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