{"title":"Emphysematous pyelonephritis","authors":"Atanu Pal","doi":"10.55920/2771-019x/1466","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"EPN is a rare and severe necrotizing infection of the kidney and its surroundings which is characterized by intraparenchymal gas, seen mostly in diabetics, and critically ill patients and has a high mortality if early therapy is not initiated.","PeriodicalId":15420,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.55920/2771-019x/1466","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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EPN is a rare and severe necrotizing infection of the kidney and its surroundings which is characterized by intraparenchymal gas, seen mostly in diabetics, and critically ill patients and has a high mortality if early therapy is not initiated.