title: Diabetic ketoacidosis presenting with emphysematous pyelonephritis.
abstract: Mr. A.M.A. is 28-year-old Egyptian male patient who presented to the ER with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and left loin pain of 3 weeks duration. The patient had a history of hospital admission 5 months earlier because of urinary tract infection and DKA. Workup of this clinical case revealed emphysematous pyelonephritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ain-Shams University Hospitals, Abbassieh, Cairo, Egypt. yaraeid@asun.edu.eg <yaraeid@asun.edu.eg>
authors.forename: Yara M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Eid
authors.forename: Mona M Abdel
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Salam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose