Clinical image: emphysematous pyelonephritis
L K Rotter, B Lee, M Golden · 2024
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Description
Rotter, Lee, and Golden present a clinical image case of gas-forming kidney infection in a woman with diabetes, in work from twenty twenty-four. She arrives with five days of flank pain, fever, and swelling. Her diabetes is poorly controlled and her liver is scarred. Scans reveal dead tissue and gas inside the left kidney. Imaging also suggests an abscess within the damaged organ.
Antibiotics start at once, and a drain draws bloody fluid out. Cultures from blood and drain fluid grow nothing further. Fever lingers despite weeks of oral antibiotics after discharge. Surgeons finally remove the kidney, and her symptoms resolve. The infection, emphysematous pyelonephritis, mostly strikes uncontrolled diabetics. The case shows imaging, drainage, and surgery as escalating answers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | L K Rotter, B Lee, M Golden |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |