CASE REPORT
Year : 2012 | Volume
: 23 | Issue : 5 | Page : 1046--1050
Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
PA Mohamed Ashif, P Sandeep, PK Sasidharan
Department of Internal Medicine, Calicut Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
P A Mohamed Ashif
Department of Internal Medicine, Calicut Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala
India
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rapidly progressive and life-threatening infection that is seen most commonly in persons with diabetes. The infecting organisms usually consist of mixed flora, including Escherichia coli (68%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (9%) and Proteus mirabilis. Females are affected twice as often as men, and mortality rates can be as high as 80%. Obstructive uropathy, urinary calculi, calyceal stenosis and neoplasms are significant predisposing factors. We report a case of EPN in a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus infection, without diabetes mellitus or urinary tract obstruction, which responded remarkably to conservative management with antibiotics alone.
How to cite this article:
Mohamed Ashif P A, Sandeep P, Sasidharan P K. Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2012;23:1046-1050
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Mohamed Ashif P A, Sandeep P, Sasidharan P K. Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl [serial online] 2012 [cited 2021 Jul 26 ];23:1046-1050
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