Gas in the kidney: a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 21;14(7):e243891. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243891.

Authors

Abdul Wahab¹, Muhammad Hashim Hayat², Amman Yousaf³, Raseen Tariq⁴

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
² Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Internal Medicine, McLaren Health Care Corp, Flint, Michigan, USA ayousafmd2@gmail.com.
⁴ Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: infectious diseases; renal system; urology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diabetes Complications*
Diabetes Mellitus*
Emphysema* / diagnostic imaging
Emphysema* / etiology
Humans
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Pyelonephritis* / complications
Pyelonephritis* / diagnostic imaging