Gas-producing renal infection presenting as pneumaturia: a case report

Case Rep Med. 2013:2013:730549. doi: 10.1155/2013/730549. Epub 2013 Apr 22.

Abstract

We present a case of persistent pneumaturia of one-year duration in a fifty-five-year-old male with a history of spinal cord injury. The evaluation demonstrated gas throughout the collecting system attributable to a urinary tract infection with a gas-forming organism, Klebsiella pneumoniae.