A Case of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Patient Successfully Treated by Medical Treatment.
- Author:
Hyung Keun HA
1
;
Won Wook CHOI
;
Sung Ho KWON
;
In Su JUNG
;
Yong Il KIM
;
Jun Seung LEE
;
Chang Sub SONG
;
Yoon Kyu OH
;
Jung Geon LEE
;
Sung Bum CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine,Eulji Medical College, Seoul, Korea. ljg1128@eulji.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pyelonephritis;
Polycystic Kidney;
Autosomal dominant;
Therapeutics
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Communicable Diseases;
Drainage;
Female;
Humans;
Mortality;
Nephrectomy;
Polycystic Kidney Diseases;
Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant*;
Pyelonephritis*
- From:Korean Journal of Nephrology
2002;21(5):861-864
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening infectious disease. Although there is still controversy about optimal treatment of emphysematous pyelonephritis, published results indicate that the mortality rate in the patients treated with radical nephrectomy is equivalent to that in patients given more conservative treatment. Emphysematous pyelonephritis with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is extremely rare and its clinical course is not revealed clearly. Hearin, we report an emphysematous pyelonephritis in a 64- year-old female patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, successfully treated by antibiotics and percutaneous cyst drainage.
