Acute bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis successfully managed by medical therapy alone: A case report and review of the literature

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Background Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis is a life threatening condition usually occurring in diabetics. Management of this condition has traditionally been aggressive and surgery is considered mandatory. However, this is itself a hazardous intervention in a septic, unstable patient with circulatory or liver failure. When bilateral disease is present, the need for long-term dialysis is obviously unavoidable. Case presentation We herein report one of the few cases of bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis successfully managed by non-surgical treatment.

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21 Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC116587/

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  • medical-therapy
  • nih
  • emphysematous-pyelonephritis
  • bilateral-pyelonephritis
  • case-report

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