title: Conservative management of emphysematous pyelonephritis.
abstract: Emphysematous pyelonephritis, though uncommon, is a severe necrotizing kidney infection common in patients with diabetes. Surgical treatment has been advocated as the treatment of choice in most of the patients. We present the clinical course of an elderly lady who presented with emphysematous pyelonephritis and was successfully managed with medical treatment despite the presence of adverse prognostic factors like acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Bashir Ahmad
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Laway
authors.forename: Manzoor Ahmad
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Mir Iftikhar
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: Mohd Ashraf
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ganie
authors.forename: Shahnaz Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Riyaz Ahmad
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Daga