Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is an uncommon infection of renal parenchyma with gas-forming organisms. EPN is usually seen in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The association of EPN with conditions other than DM is extremely rare. We report a case of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney di...

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Main Authors:	Lakshminarayana, G., Mathew, A., Rajesh, R., Kurien, G., Unni, V. N.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391813/

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spelling	pubmed-33918132012-07-11 Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease Lakshminarayana, G. Mathew, A. Rajesh, R. Kurien, G. Unni, V. N. Case Report Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is an uncommon infection of renal parenchyma with gas-forming organisms. EPN is usually seen in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The association of EPN with conditions other than DM is extremely rare. We report a case of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with bilateral EPN who had to undergo bilateral nephrectomy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3391813/ /pubmed/22787318 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.97138 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Lakshminarayana, G. Mathew, A. Rajesh, R. Kurien, G. Unni, V. N.
spellingShingle	Lakshminarayana, G. Mathew, A. Rajesh, R. Kurien, G. Unni, V. N. Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
author_facet	Lakshminarayana, G. Mathew, A. Rajesh, R. Kurien, G. Unni, V. N.
author_sort	Lakshminarayana, G.
title	Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
title_short	Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
title_full	Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
title_fullStr	Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
title_full_unstemmed	Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
title_sort	bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
description	Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is an uncommon infection of renal parenchyma with gas-forming organisms. EPN is usually seen in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The association of EPN with conditions other than DM is extremely rare. We report a case of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with bilateral EPN who had to undergo bilateral nephrectomy.
publisher	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
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url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391813/
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Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

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