title: Emphysematous pyelonephritis in decompensated diabetes: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare and severe renal parenchyma necrotizing infection visible just in diabetic patients which results in gas presence--probably produced through the glucose fermentation process--in the collecting system, renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue. We present a case of a not known diabetic female patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis of the left kidney and emphysematous pyelitis of the controlateral kidney.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Urologia, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Ca' Granda, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. davide.adel@libero.it
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abed El Rahman
authors.forename: Gianpaolo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferruti
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acquati
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maggioni
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Finkelberg
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abed El Rahman
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zilocchi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filizzolo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rocco
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004646:Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis