Percutaneous management of localized emphysematous pyelonephritis.
The authors report a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis that was successfully treated with radiologically guided percutaneous drainage. This case illustrates that in certain patients with focal abnormalities, functioning renal tissue can be salvaged and emphysematous pyelonephritis can be eradicated with a combination of antibiotics and radiologically guided percutaneous drainage.
Zagoria
R J
RJ
Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
Dyer
R B
RB
Harrison
L H
LH
Adams
P L
PL
D000368:Aged; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000628:therapy; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed