A Case of Complicated Urinary Tract Infection: Klebsiella pneumoniae Emphysematous Cystitis Presenting as Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
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THIS CASE REPORT DESCRIBES AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF AN ATYPICAL DISEASE ENTITY: Emphysematous Cystitis, a rapidly progressive, ascending urinary tract infection, in an emergency department (ED) patient whose chief complaint was abdominal pain and who had a urinalysis not consistent with the diagnosis of cystitis.
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دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008