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Emphysematous pyelonephritis: a case report and review of the literature
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. H. Razvi, St. Joseph’s Health
Care, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario N6A 4V2
Canada
Canadian Journal of Urology 2006, 13(2), 3039-3043.
Abstract
We present a case of fulminant emphysematous pyelonephritis in a 44-year-old diabetic woman culminating in emergent nephrectomy. Current management strategies and their outcomes are reviewed.Keywords
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Copyright © 2006 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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