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SUBMITTER: Mohamed AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7005417 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mohamed Abdikarim Hussein AH Mohamud Hussein Ali HA
Urology case reports 20200111
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is an acute life-threatening gas-forming necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma and its surrounding tissues. EPN requires early diagnosis and management because of related life-threatening septic complications. Gram-negative bacteria remain the most common causative organisms. Although candida species as a causative pathogen in emphysematous pyelonephritis is very rare, we report a rare case of emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by candida species succe ...[more]