Nonsurgical Management of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: a short report of four cases

Emphysematous pyelonephritis: a review of six cases.

BACKGROUND Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a severe life threatening necrotising infection of the renal parenchyma. The infection most commonly occurs in the diabetic population, often associated with the organism E. coli Emphysematous pyelonephritis differs from standard pyelonephritis by the bacterial liberation and accumulation of gas in the surrounding tissues. The condition is rarely encou...

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report

Emphysematous pyelonephritis: Our experience with conservative management in 14 cases

CONTEXT Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare, severe, acute, necrotizing infection of the kidney. In this study, we present the clinical details, the management strategies, and the outcome of fourteen patients of EPN managed at our center. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of the hospital records was done. A total of fourteen patients with EPN were admitted in our hospita...

Is Aggressive Therapy the Answer for All Cases of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Report of Three Cases

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe, necrotizing, life threatening infection of the renal parenchyma and management is not standardised due to scarcity of literature. We present 3 patients with this rare entity. All 3 patients were of class III on CECT findings based on Huang's classification and had more than two risk factors. Our first patient underwent percutaneous drainage of his...

Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis: a case report.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rapidly progressive acute necrotizing infection of the kidney parenchyma caused by gaseous anaerobic bacteria.(1-3) It is almost always seen in diabetic patients (more than 90% of cases) and is sometimes associated with urinary obstruction induced by renal stone, papillary necrosis, chronic infections, or kidney dysfunction.(1,3) It is bilateral only in 10% of ...

A Case of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare but dangerous condition in patients with D.M. and urinary tract infection. We report a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis who presented to us with acute abdomen and sepsis. Her CT abdomen showed air in the collecting system of left kidney. She was managed with, I. V. fluids, antibiotics, insulin, and percutaneous nephrostomy. But she died on the 3rd day ...