Chronic transplant rejection
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Emphysematous cystitis as complication in chronic rejection of renal transplant.
This 43-year-old Caucasian female presented in a septic condition in the emergency room. At the time of admission her temperature was 38.5 Celsius, white blood cells (WBC) 12800, red blood cells 3.8 mill, hemoglobin 10.8, hematocrit 36, urea 28 mg/dl, serum creatinine 3.2 mg/dl, K 5.8 meq/l, Na 128 meq/ l, alk ptsa 142 U/l. Urine analysis 50 WBC/hpf, innumerable bacteria/hpf, cellular debries, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1994.269